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Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Markets (Jan. 21)
BL 2501130.96 (+3.04)
BSE Sensex3354.14 (+12.25)
S&P CNX Nifty1077.90 (+1.55)
Dollar (Buy/Sell)47.91/48.04
Gold Std (10 gm)5750 (-5)

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INDIA'S political class is a riddle wrapped in an enigma in the sense that it behaves as if meretriciousness and hypocrisy are its prescriptive rights. It is a Herculean task to figure out how much it means of what it says. These are the ... More

FINANCIAL SCAN


Deficit monetisation on downtrend
The Government expenditure on salaries, interest and incomes in the organised sector show up as bank deposits, which again go to the Government as investment in gilts, in the absence of adequate credit demand and lack of good lending opportunities. T he RBI credit to Government has been contained because of this round-tripping. More

EAR TO THE GROUND


FII selling chokes ITC
ITC came under selling pressure on Tuesday. Market players attributed the selling to the possibility of the Government plans to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on cigarettes. This was not the only reason for the stock's fall. Dealers said some ... More

ON THE HEDGE


Consider January bull call-spread on BPCL
THE following strategies are based on Tuesday's trading in the derivatives segment on the NSE: Equity options ACC: The immediate outlook on this stock is negative. The downside price target is Rs 146. The risk is that the stock ... More

SENSOR


Tech stocks battered; SBI, Grasim shine
AFTER a sharp slide on Monday, the stock market staged a recovery on Tuesday. The Sensex went up by 12.25 points or 0.37 per cent to end at 3354.14. The NSE Nifty inched up by 1.55 points to close at 1077.9. While the indices managed to close on ... More
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