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Friday, March 14, 2008

MARKET UPDATES

BAJAJ AUTO (BAL)DEMERGED IN TO TWO ENTITY BAJAJAUTO HOLDING LTD(BHIL) BAJAJ FINANCIAL SERVICE(BFS) IN TO 1:1 RATIO.BAL WILL RENAME AS A BAJAJ AUTO HOLDING LTS(BHIL).
POST DEMERGER EQUITY CALCULATION AFTER I: 1 CALCULATION WOULD BE BAL 101.18 CR (FACE VALUE RS 10),BHIL 144.48(101.18+43.5)CR (FACE VALUE RS 10),BFS 72.34(21.75+50.55(101.18/2))CR(FACE VALUE OF RS 5).
BAJAJ AUTO WILL BE IN TWO WHEELER BUSINESS AND BFS WHICH WILL BE LISTED LATER WILL LOOK AFTER WIND POWER CONSUMER FINANCE,AND INSURANCE,AND FINANCIAL SERVICE BUSINESS.

The Centre on Thursday approved the long-delayed mining policy that is expected to increase the investments by foreign and domestic com- panies in the mining sector. Soon after the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a government spokesperson said: "The implementation of the new National Mineral Policy 2008, is likely to attract FDI to the tune of $250 million per annum in the sector in five years."

Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd has informed the BSE that it has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-based Spize TV for content, new channels and services.
SpizeTV is a pan-European direct-to-home (DTH) TV platform offering Asian and niche content to viewers in Europe.

The Nikkei was down 1.5 percent at 12,249.99. Analysts said the reason for this fall was the dollar hitting a new low against the yen.

Light sweet crude for April delivery rose 41 cents to settle at a record USD 110.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

The Railways are planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore through initial public offering(IPO) of its three profit-making companies; Ircon, IRCTC and RailTel. The government has already decided to dilute its 28% equity stake in one of the Railways' wholly owned subsi- diary RITES through an IPO.

As part of its ambitious plan to become a 50,000-MW company by 2012, state-run NTPC Ltd on Thursday said it will invest Rs 13,000 crore for adding 2,700 MW capacity during the next financial year.

Inflation for week ended March 1 has come out at 5.11% versus 5.02% the previous week...

Economy News
RBI absorbs Rs 303.35 bn via 1- day reverse repo auction
Call rates remain in comfort zone
Six projects get nod under Industrial infrastructure upgradation scheme
Rupee remains steady at 40.44/USD
Forex earnings from tourism decline 25.3%
Forex derivative losses likely to touch USD 3-5 bn
China to maintain steady growth in exports


The Planning Commission has projected a tentative outlay of Rs 123.77 billion for the Ministry for the 11th Plan period. The Ministry has proposed a few schemes for the 11th Plan, which are yet to be approved by the Cabinet.

Over half a trillion dollars have been wiped off from the wealth of investors in Indian stocks since the beginning of 2008 as an unending turbulence on Thursday sent the market to its lowest level in about six-and-a-half months.
The total loss of about Rs 20,50,000 crore (506 billion dollars) include over 300 billion dollars of promoters of the listed Companies, while public shareholders have lost close to 200 billion dollars.

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