The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Bill assures UTI-I tax benefits for five years
UTI-I, which is set to administer all the assured return schemes, including US-64, launched in the past by the UTI, will continue to enjoy tax exemptions for a period of five years. The tax exemptions will be in respect of any income, profits ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Bulls tighten grip further
BULLS exerted further pressure over Monday's trading activity. Bears were unable to make any impact during the day's trading. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters stands strongly bullish. The prevailing bullish sentiment is likely to ... More

STOCK MARKETS

High volumes worry L&T
LARSEN & Toubro has said it is "concerned with the volume of transactions in the company's equity shares taking place during the last few days...'' It said this in a notice to NSE today. Traded volumes in the company's shares on NSE rose from ... More

Hotel stocks surge on vacation demand
THE hotel stocks have been moving up in the last three sessions on reports of rising occupancy rates and good advance bookings for the Christmas and New Year. The Indian Hotels stock, leader in the pack, has improved from the closing level of ... More

Acquisiton talks lift JCT
NYLON yarn manufacturer JCT Ltd stock price has gained over 75 per cent in the last five trading sessions on talks that the company is planning to acquire the nylon yarn plant of Baroda Rayon in Surat. The stock is also on the rise on market talk ... More

Bakery news adds flavour to HLL
EVEN as most FMCG business segments of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) are facing sluggishness in the last few quarters, it is learnt that the company is likely to enter the bakery business soon. The move is mainly targeted at growth in the top-line ... More

`Victor' puts TVS into higher gear
BUOYED by the surge in motorcycle demand, the stock price of TVS Motor Company has been moving steadily northwards. Market analysts are of the view that good fundamentals and contributions from higher end models such as Victor and Fiero are ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

SEBI empowered to call for probe records
THE Government has proposed to empower the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to call for information and records of any transaction in securities which are under investigation, from any bank or authority, or board or corporation, ... More

Legislative reforms of securities market — Need for one compact law, disposal of all offences by adjudicating officers
FUTURE legislative reforms of the securities market and follow-up administrative action have to be intended to sort out issues in two crucial areas : Supervisory responsibility under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (SCRA), 1956 and ... More

COMMENTARY

Buying in old economy, PSU counters sustains rally
THE benchmark BSE Sensex went up on Monday and closed higher for the seventh consecutive trading day in a row. Despite the selling pressure in key tech stocks, indices went up, backed by the buying support in old economy majors and PSUs. More

IPOS

Maruti may file public issue draft prospectus next month
WITH the capital market showing signs of improvement, it may be possible for Maruti to go ahead and file its draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) within a month's time. This was stated by the Disinvestment ... More

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