The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 17, 2002

UTI inflows turn positive
UNIT Trust of India's (UTI) net inflows have turned positive for the first time in the past 15 months, a clear signal perhaps that investor confidence has returned to the public sector fund plagued by problems the whole of last year. The ... More

IGF shareholders to meet in Dec
THE shareholders of the NYSE-listed India Growth Fund (IGF) managed by Unit Trust of India will meet in December to consider the liquidation of the closed-end fund, the UTI Chairman, Mr M. Damodaran, has said. The board of directors of IGF had ... More

Moody's-ICRA ratings offer to mutual funds
AFTER launching a series of mutual fund indices in the country, international rating firm Moody's Investor Service, along with domestic rating agency ICRA Ltd, plans to launch rating products focusing on investment and management aspects of ... More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Narrow movement
WEDNESDAY'S trading activity witnessed narrow movement. Neither the bulls nor the bears could gain much from the day's trading. The sentiment reading of tradable counters stands mildly in favour of the bulls. Bear domination on Thursday is likely ... More

STOCK MARKETS

SB&T Intl glitters on fund buying
GEMS and Jewellery company SB&T International (SB&T) today witnessed sharp rise in volumes as well as in stock price on expectations that the company would acquire retail jewellery stores outside the country. The stock also rose on increased ... More

Volumes perk up in Century Textiles
CENTURY Textiles today attracted significant volumes and closed at Rs 39.15 on the BSE and at Rs 39.20 on the NSE. During the previous five sessions, the stock had declined by around 5 per cent on both the bourses. According to Mr Arun ... More

Fund holding in Mastek up
INSTITUTIONAL holdings in software services firm Mastek rose in the quarter ended September 2002 over the previous quarter. This was due to increased buying by the existing large investors as well as the entry of new funds While mutual funds ... More

Wipro rises ahead of results
The results season seems to keep the market operators busy speculating on select stocks, especially in the technology sector. On Wednesday, when most leading technology stocks fell, Wipro gained. This was ahead of the company's results on Friday. ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

L&T: Construct October bear put spread
THE following are some buy/sell strategies based on Wednesday's trading in the derivatives segment at the NSE: Equity options: L&T: The outlook on the stock is negative, corporate development notwithstanding. An important ... More

COMMENTARY

Profit-booking in tech stocks drags Sensex down
THE benchmark BSE Sensex traded in a narrow band on Wednesday and ended marginally lower as investors booked profits in technology stocks. At the close of trading on Wednesday, the Sensex was down 8.40 points (0.28 per cent) to close at 2,994.99 ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

SHCIL official to depose in CSE case
YET another executive of Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd (SHCIL) has been asked to depose before the Kolkata police, which is investigating into the March 2001 payments crisis on the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE). The police request has ... More

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