The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 26, 2002

SEBI to speed up enquiry into L&T insider trading
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India has said that it would expedite and try to complete the investigations into the possibility of insider trading in Larsen & Toubro (L&T) shares before the open offer by Grasim for L&T shareholders ... More

MUTUAL FUNDS

Canbank MF offers new facility
TARGETED towards investors seeking long-term capital growth, Canbank Mutual Fund has introduced growth plans in its three schemes, Canpremium, Cancigo and Canexpo. This new plan also enables automatic repurchase facility to the investors, a ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bear grip tightens
BEARS exerted further pressure over Friday's trading activity. Stock prices across the board moved downwards. Bulls were unable to make any recovery for the fifth successive trading day. The market sentiment reading of the tradable counters ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Sensex hits new 52-week low
DISAPPOINTING results from FMCG major Hindustan Lever and telecom company MTNL saw the BSE 30-share Sensitive Index (Sensex) touching a new 52-week low to close below the 2,900-level mark. In Friday's trading, HLL fell Rs 158.30 before closing ... More

Polaris down on merger worries
THE much-awaited merger of Polaris and OrbiTech seems to have come under rough weather. According to dealers, the market does not expect the merger to be completed soon as there are doubts about the success of the operational integration of ... More

Block deals in Godrej; internal reshuffle seen
THE counter of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd today witnessed substantial amount of block deals on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Eighteen lakh shares changed hands on the bourse in the early hours of trading. At the end of the day, the stock recorded ... More

Weak Q2 earnings push CMC further down
POOR quarterly performance took a further toll on the already declining stock price of Tata Group company CMC Ltd; the stock has fallen by over 20 per cent in the past week. CMC has disappointed markets with its below-than-expected results and ... More

IPCL continues to decline
THE IPCL stock has been marking a southward trend on the major bourses over the last one week. The stock closed today at Rs 56.50 on the BSE and Rs 56.45 on the NSE, shedding over 6 per cent in the last five trading days. About 6 lakh shares ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Reliance: Outlook remains negative
THE following are some buy/sell strategies based on Friday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options: Reliance Industries: The outlook on this stock appears negative. The price projection on the downside is ... More

COMMENTARY

Bearish sentiment rules as HLL disappoints — Aditya Birla group stocks shine
BEARISHNESS clouded the BSE Sensex as the earnings numbers from few industry heavyweights such as Hindustan Lever turned out to be disappointing amidst a flurry of earnings performance during the day. The BSE Sensex closed for the day at 2875.53 ... More

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