The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 12, 2002

Bull onslaught
BULLS were in total control of the Friday's trading activity. Bears were unable to make any impact during the day's trading. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters stands mildly in favour of the bulls. Bear domination on Monday is likely ... More

STOCK EXCHANGES

Ex-CSE official, badla player interrogated
THE Kolkata police seem to be zeroing in on a former top executive of the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) and a leading badla player in their latest round of investigation. Mr Soumen Mitra, Deputy Commissioner (Detective Department), told ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Sensex up 26 as tech stocks rise
INFOSYS quarterly results and fresh guidance by the company suggesting an improved outlook boosted market sentiment, today, sending the Sensex above 3,000 points in early trading. During the day, there was across-the-board buying in most of ... More

Excise relief talk fuels rally in ONGC stock
THE ONGC stock today moved up with volumes on speculative binge. According to brokers and market analysts, the speculative interest grew today because of the Union Petroleum Minister, Mr Ram Naik's utterances on the Ministry's proposal for excise ... More

Export focus takes JB Chem higher
JB CHEMICALS & Pharmaceuticals stock has been rising in the past few days on the bourses and analysts feel the reason could be the company's resolve to become a Rs 500-crore firm by 2005 coupled with its initiatives in exports. The JB Chemicals ... More

VisualSoft gains on hive-off talk
VISUALSOFT Technologies was back in the action on Friday, with the stock entering the buy list of select fund managers. The buying is attributed to market talk that VisualSoft plans to hive off its two products into 2 separate companies and ... More

Gujarat Gas turns volatile
GUJARAT Gas Company saw its stock recover to close 2.60 per cent higher on the BSE after Thursday's fall. On the NSE, however, the stock closed marginally lower. The stock traded at dismal volumes on both the bourses. According to analysts, ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Buy October puts on Infosys Technologies
THE following are some buy/sell strategies based on Friday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options: Infosys: The outlook on this stock appears negative. The price projection on the downside is Rs 3475. ... More

COMMENTARY

Tech-inspired rally maintains momentum
BUOYED by the numbers put out by tech major Infosys Technologies on Thursday, technology stocks were the flavour of the day as buying in both frontline and second-rung IT stocks propelled the benchmark BSE Sensex - for the second consecutive ... More

BONUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ranbaxy allots bonus shares
MUMBAI: Ranbaxy Laboratories has allotted 6.95 crore fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 10 each as bonus shares in the ratio of 3 equity shares for every five shares. The record date for the bonus shares was October 4. The decision was ... More

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