The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 07, 2002

Bull onslaught
BULLS were in total command of Friday's trading activity. Their dominance for the second successive trading day left the bears stranded. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters stands bullish with no downtrend counters in the tradable ... More

STOCK MARKETS

Sensex up 76 points on divestment hopes
STOCKS of public sector units (PSUs) led a rally on the major bourses on Friday with the Government indicating that it would go ahead with the disinvestment process, particularly that of the two oil majors, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and ... More

Oil stocks flare up
THE stock market witnessed a flare-up in almost all oil companies' stock prices today on reports that the Union Government had arrived at a consensus on the sale of its stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation ... More

Zee Tele gains on fund backing
ZEE Telefilms Ltd saw huge volumes on the bourses on Friday. According to market players, a good amount of institutional activity was witnessed in the counter. A tranche of 20 lakh shares is rumoured to have been picked up by a prominent domestic ... More

Thermax vaults on strong order book
THERMAX has been ruling in positive territory over the past one week, with the share witnessing a 14-per cent jump in price between November 28 and December 5, in anticipation of the company reporting good numbers for the next two ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

SEBI asks bourses to ready potential derivatives list
THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has asked the stock exchanges to announce the potential stocks that could be included in the derivatives segment and seek approval of the same. While addressing a seminar on `Derivatives Forum ... More

Reliance: Outlook positive, but upside limited
THE following strategies are based on Friday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options: Reliance: The outlook on this stock is positive. The upside projection is Rs 312, while the downside projection is Rs ... More

COMMENTARY

PSU-led rally takes other counters along
THE Government's reiteration of its commitment to the disinvestment programme boosted the prices of public sector undertaking (PSU) stocks on Friday, the last trading session of the week. With the spurt in infotech and PSU stocks, the main ... More

INVESTOR PROTECTION

Joshi panel lays down ways to check fly-by-night operators
STRENGTHENING of the mechanism for verification of persons forming companies was one of the important aspects studied by the R.D. Joshi committee, which submitted its report to the Union Government some time ago. Taking note of the reality of ... More

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