31 December 2007

Yearly Gainers -2 : Equity Master

Top gainers over the year : BSE (Above Rs 20)


COMPANY
PRICE ON Dec 31, 2007 (Rs)
PRICE ON Jan 01, 2007 (Rs)
% CHANGE
DAY'S HIGH/LOW (Rs)
52-WEEKH/L (Rs)
BSE-SENSEX
20,286.99
13,786.91
47.1%
20,484 / 20,240
20,498 / 12,316
S&P CNX NFTY
6,138.60
3,966.40
54.8%
6,168 / 6,095
6,185 / 3,555
VENTURA TEX.
67.60
0.04
168,900.0%
68 / 65
92 / 0
R R FINANCE.
133.70
0.75
17,726.7%
136 / 128
155 / 1
INCA FINLEASE
132.90
2.25
5,806.7%
133 / 133
133 / 2
SRI ADHIKARI BROS.
108.30
2.43
4,356.8%
113 / 103
135 / 2
AMANI TRAD
159.70
4.05
3,843.2%
160 / 160
160 / 4
PEERLESS ABA
889.10
26.51
3,253.8%
889 / 889
889 / 16
BERYL DRUGS
27.35
0.89
2,973.0%
28 / 26
31 / 1
CALS LTD.
95.80
3.23
2,865.9%
96 / 96
96 / 2
LLOYDS METALS
143.15
5.18
2,663.5%
143 / 136
143 / 4
ORISSA SPONGE
581.20
26.60
2,085.0%
582 / 555
748 / 24
SAHARA HOUSING
863.40
45.50
1,797.6%
863 / 781
1,445 / 29
V.B.DESAI
175.30
9.60
1,726.0%
175 / 170
175 / 8
SANGAL PAPER
50.00
2.91
1,618.2%
50 / 50
55 / 3
NAVKAR BUILDERS
80.85
4.80
1,584.4%
81 / 81
81 / 4
JINDAL SOUTHWEST H
2,479.35
155.25
1,497.0%
2,479 / 2,479
2,479 / 149
RICH CAPITAL
38.10
2.55
1,394.1%
38 / 37
55 / 3
PION INVEST
647.35
43.40
1,391.6%
660 / 640
718 / 38
MMTC LTD
32,365.30
2,206.00
1,367.1%
32,365 / 31,880
56,932 / 1,925
TEMPT FOOD
203.90
14.35
1,320.9%
204 / 198
263 / 14
KACHCHH MINERALS
31.65
2.30
1,276.1%
32 / 32
42 / 2
NEO SACK
76.30
5.81
1,213.3%
78 / 71
78 / 6
MICRO FORGE
33.30
2.65
1,156.6%
33 / 32
52 / 3
JINDAL CAP.
61.60
4.94
1,147.0%
62 / 62
62 / 4
DOLAT INV.
21.43
1.74
1,131.6%
21 / 21
21 / 1
AUTOLITE (I)
178.95
14.85
1,105.1%
179 / 173
179 / 14
SYSTAMATIX C
105.35
9.00
1,070.6%
105 / 102
105 / 9
SUPREME HOLD
86.20
7.41
1,063.3%
86 / 84
93 / 7
STEEL EXCHANGE
152.75
13.14
1,062.5%
153 / 153
153 / 10
GULSHAN CHEMICALS
49.10
4.29
1,044.5%
49 / 49
49 / 2
BIO GREEN IND.
206.20
18.10
1,039.2%
206 / 206
365 / 15
USHER AGRO
132.55
11.84
1,019.5%
133 / 131
133 / 11
HB LEAS.PUB
46.90
4.20
1,016.7%
47 / 47
47 / 4
GULSHAN POLY
396.95
36.30
993.5%
397 / 395
439 / 28
JAI BALAJI SPONGE
512.10
47.00
989.6%
512 / 476
512 / 46
SHARDUL SECURITIE
493.40
46.20
968.0%
493 / 457
620 / 31
BLISS CHEM.
565.05
53.25
961.1%
565 / 547
565 / 41
ASIAN OILFIE
333.45
31.55
956.9%
333 / 322
333 / 26
MIDAS PHARMA
24.76
2.35
953.6%
25 / 25
27 / 2
BRILLIANT SEC.
62.50
5.98
945.2%
63 / 63
63 / 4
SAT INVESTEC
82.00
8.31
886.8%
82 / 78
82 / 8
BAG FILMS
87.95
8.92
886.0%
93 / 87
105 / 8
MODERN DAIRIES
85.90
8.73
884.0%
90 / 85
115 / 8
KHOD.INDIA
363.35
37.15
878.1%
363 / 335
425 / 37
WALCHAND PEOPLE
4,882.40
500.00
876.5%
4,882 / 4,750
9,786 / 496
BALASORE ALLOYS
67.90
6.97
874.2%
70 / 67
78 / 7
WALCHANDNAGAR
8,221.00
874.75
839.8%
8,400 / 8,200
12,049 / 870
PRAKASH INDUSTRIES
337.75
36.00
838.2%
339 / 322
339 / 31
NEHA INTERNATIONAL
66.20
7.10
832.4%
66 / 66
71 / 7
THAKRAL SERV.
78.75
8.48
828.7%
79 / 75
83 / 8
GS AUTO INT.
83.40
9.00
826.7%
83 / 83
100 / 9
SANDUR MAN
442.15
48.50
811.6%
442 / 441
784 / 44
BOKADIA FIN.
23.85
2.62
810.3%
24 / 23
35 / 2
KHAITAN WVG
90.15
10.07
795.2%
93 / 90
98 / 8
DOVER SECURITIES
121.55
13.88
775.7%
122 / 122
142 / 10
PUDUMJEE AGRO
304.50
35.05
768.8%
305 / 305
305 / 25
JAI CORP LTD
1,201.80
138.42
768.2%
1,211 / 1,175
1,326 / 74
VANS INF&INV
58.60
6.79
763.0%
59 / 59
59 / 5
BCC FINANCE
123.50
14.50
751.7%
124 / 124
124 / 13
ALCHEMIST REALTY
712.70
83.70
751.5%
734 / 702
816 / 79
FORTUNE FIN.
206.95
24.45
746.4%
207 / 204
214 / 24
INSUL ELECTRIC
1,725.00
207.25
732.3%
1,759 / 1,725
1,957 / 207
REL NATURAL RESOURCE
182.35
22.20
721.4%
185 / 179
203 / 21
SURAJ STAINLESS
272.85
33.40
716.9%
282 / 250
282 / 33
CHARTERED CARRIERS
135.80
16.65
715.6%
136 / 136
136 / 11
STURDY IND.
44.10
5.64
681.9%
44 / 44
50 / 4
ENSA STEEL
31.00
3.98
678.9%
31 / 29
35 / 3
INFO-DRIVE S
111.10
14.37
673.1%
111 / 105
111 / 9
IFCI
93.00
12.12
667.3%
95 / 83
121 / 12
CHARTERED CAP
69.15
9.02
666.6%
69 / 69
69 / 9
ISPAT INDS.
82.45
10.98
650.9%
83 / 81
87 / 11
MANAPPURAM G
165.00
22.08
647.3%
165 / 155
165 / 22
BCC FUBA
59.75
8.00
646.9%
60 / 60
69 / 8
INDO CASTLE
21.96
2.95
644.4%
22 / 22
22 / 2
STC INDIA
1,105.80
149.25
640.9%
1,106 / 1,106
1,736 / 134
PARSOLI CAP.
203.30
28.10
623.5%
203 / 203
203 / 26
BIHAR SPONGE
53.80
7.57
610.7%
54 / 53
60 / 8
GUJ.MINERAL DEV.
517.90
72.91
610.3%
526 / 511
634 / 72
INDIACO VENTURES
585.25
83.15
603.8%
639 / 585
876 / 82
GEE LTD.
430.00
61.20
602.6%
430 / 410
449 / 60
ADHUNIK METALIKS
230.55
32.90
600.8%
231 / 222
232 / 31
SANRA SOFTWARE
108.45
15.54
597.9%
108 / 108
108 / 12
DECCAN GOLD MINES
101.70
14.61
596.1%
102 / 102
102 / 12
BALAJI DISTILLERIES
59.65
8.57
596.0%
60 / 58
60 / 8
SHYAM STAR G
116.00
16.77
591.7%
122 / 113
133 / 15
DEEP INDUSTRIES
238.05
34.55
589.0%
244 / 236
263 / 34
MOVING PICTURES
52.55
7.70
582.5%
53 / 53
53 / 6
LIBORD SECUR
20.03
2.94
581.3%
20 / 20
20 / 3
FERRO ALLOYS
42.80
6.29
580.4%
44 / 41
44 / 6
JINDAL STEEL
15,359.25
2,267.80
577.3%
15,600 / 15,231
16,590 / 2,002
IEC SOFTWARE
33.25
4.93
574.4%
33 / 33
33 / 4
DHAMPUR INV.
160.50
23.80
574.4%
165 / 152
198 / 23
MONOTONA EXP
150.35
22.32
573.6%
156 / 148
320 / 22
LYNX MACH.
284.40
42.60
567.6%
284 / 284
348 / 41
NAGARJUNA FERT.
81.15
12.68
540.0%
83 / 81
88 / 12
PREMIER LIMITED
210.85
33.15
536.0%
215 / 209
215 / 32
ISHWAR TEXTILES
223.00
35.15
534.4%
228 / 223
507 / 29
JAMNA AUTO
85.00
13.42
533.4%
85 / 80
90 / 13
IND. INFOLINE
1,927.90
305.40
531.3%
1,967 / 1,778
1,967 / 255
IKAB SEC.
50.75
8.07
528.9%
51 / 51
51 / 5
EMMSONS INT.
282.65
45.00
528.1%
283 / 283
283 / 38
STEWART&MECK
167.85
26.75
527.5%
168 / 155
179 / 26
SECUNDERABAD HEALTH
69.00
11.00
527.3%
69 / 69
77 / 11
ANJANI SYNT.
139.75
22.50
521.1%
140 / 133
140 / 18
MSP STEEL & POWER
76.75
12.37
520.5%
77 / 76
80 / 12
JAISAL SEC.
64.35
10.41
518.2%
64 / 64
64 / 10
ACCENTIA TECH
252.75
41.10
515.0%
253 / 245
266 / 40
NATIONAL MINERAL
13,824.65
2,250.00
514.4%
13,825 / 13,825
16,584 / 1,900
PRIME SECURITIES
300.35
49.15
511.1%
315 / 295
317 / 34
RUTTONSHA INT.
29.30
4.86
502.9%
29 / 29
36 / 5
PIONEER DIS.
107.60
17.90
501.1%
108 / 104
125 / 17
POLYMECH.MCH
25.23
4.21
499.3%
25 / 25
25 / 4
JAIHIND PROJ
223.90
37.50
497.1%
233 / 221
243 / 30
ESSAR OIL
325.50
54.55
496.7%
334 / 321
334 / 48
HIND.COPPER
516.40
86.80
494.9%
516 / 516
645 / 75
DB INT.ST.BR
127.65
21.50
493.7%
128 / 128
128 / 19
ROHIT PULP
47.80
8.09
490.9%
48 / 45
62 / 8
VINATI ORG.
128.55
22.01
484.1%
129 / 129
129 / 21
ADARSH PLANT
46.25
7.92
484.0%
49 / 46
61 / 7
KIDUJA IND.
302.45
52.30
478.3%
302 / 302
302 / 0
BANK OF RAJASTHAN
178.55
31.40
468.6%
183 / 177
200 / 26
ASSOC.STONE
183.30
32.35
466.6%
183 / 183
183 / 30
ACTION FIN.
33.10
5.90
461.0%
34 / 33
39 / 6
ARONI CHEM.
301.00
54.05
456.9%
301 / 301
368 / 47
NALWA SONS INV
1,885.55
338.60
456.9%
1,886 / 1,800
2,415 / 280
EXPO GAS CON
33.50
6.02
456.5%
34 / 33
47 / 5
TILAKNAG IND
272.95
49.20
454.8%
282 / 269
287 / 42
FIN.EYES(I)
162.60
29.35
454.0%
163 / 163
163 / 27
KRISHNA FILA
29.25
5.29
452.9%
29 / 29
29 / 5
MODERN INDIA
989.20
181.40
445.3%
1,005 / 910
1,195 / 111
PRUDENTL.PHA
50.70
9.32
444.0%
55 / 50
59 / 8
COMPACT DISC
73.05
13.43
443.9%
73 / 70
103 / 13
JAYBHARAT TEX
236.25
43.68
440.9%
241 / 225
241 / 42
KAVERI TELECOM
276.50
51.45
437.4%
277 / 274
277 / 44
SUGAL DAMANI
41.60
7.79
434.0%
42 / 42
42 / 7
SUBUTHI FINANCE
59.50
11.15
433.6%
62 / 57
101 / 8
BH.IMMUN&BIO
55.55
10.43
432.6%
56 / 56
56 / 9
KEYNOTE CORP
185.95
34.95
432.0%
186 / 184
239 / 31
MILLENNIUM B
57.65
10.85
431.3%
58 / 58
66 / 9
REL.CHEMOTX
100.85
19.05
429.4%
102 / 99
182 / 15
DIAMANT.CARB
153.95
29.25
426.3%
154 / 154
168 / 29
KJMC FIN.
51.05
9.76
423.1%
52 / 47
52 / 8
HASTI FINANC
36.95
7.08
421.9%
40 / 37
40 / 6
ETC NETWORKS
278.70
53.90
417.1%
279 / 279
279 / 45


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Yearly Gainers -1: Equity Master

Top gainers over the year : BSE 'A' Group

COMPANY
PRICE ON Dec 31, 2007 (Rs)
PRICE ON Jan 01, 2007 (Rs)
% CHANGE


BSE-SENSEX
20,286.99
13,786.91
47.1%
20,484 / 20,240
20,498 / 12,316
S&P CNX NFTY
6,138.60
3,966.40
54.8%
6,168 / 6,095
6,185 / 3,555
REL NATURAL RESOURCE
182.35
22.20
721.4%
185 / 179
203 / 21
GUJ.MINERAL DEV.
517.90
72.91
610.3%
526 / 511
634 / 72
JINDAL STEEL
15,359.25
2,267.80
577.3%
15,600 / 15,231
16,590 / 2,002
ADANI EXPORT
1,148.90
228.05
403.8%
1,149 / 1,140
1,149 / 179
NEYVELI LIGNITE
257.05
56.35
356.2%
261 / 248
270 / 49
RELIANCE CAPITAL
2,589.35
606.40
327.0%
2,643 / 2,549
2,649 / 560
REL. ENERGY
2,134.60
519.75
310.7%
2,229 / 2,125
2,229 / 448
REL PETRO
223.20
62.95
254.6%
227 / 223
295 / 62
MRPL
136.15
40.80
233.7%
139 / 135
149 / 32
KOTAK BANK
1,296.20
399.40
224.5%
1,307 / 1,275
1,335 / 381
SAIL
284.35
89.20
218.8%
286 / 281
293 / 83
L&T
4,171.85
1,442.95
189.1%
4,219 / 4,155
4,670 / 1,375
ROLTA INDIA
714.70
253.25
182.2%
719 / 698
780 / 252
BALAJI TELEFILMS
354.85
126.85
179.7%
374 / 345
388 / 104
INDUSIND BANK
127.80
47.25
170.5%
132 / 127
136 / 37
LIC HOUSING
381.95
161.45
136.6%
387 / 368
403 / 128
CHAMBAL FERT
85.95
36.75
133.9%
88 / 85
94 / 30
DENA BANK
85.15
37.00
130.1%
86 / 84
95 / 29
NALCO
492.15
214.00
130.0%
510 / 485
510 / 200
BONGAIGAON R
106.95
46.70
129.0%
109 / 104
117 / 39
RELIANCE
2,881.05
1,270.35
126.8%
2,949 / 2,875
3,235 / 1,250
THOMAS COOK INDIA
113.70
52.12
118.2%
119 / 113
144 / 46
IDBI
165.30
76.30
116.6%
167 / 163
181 / 67
THERMAX LTD.
818.20
387.10
111.4%
859 / 814
968 / 341
FACT
46.95
22.50
108.7%
47 / 47
50 / 19
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Crisil gives 4/5 rating to Rel Power IPO

Crisil gives 4/5 rating to Rel Power IPO

Rating agency Crisil has assigned an above average rating to the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of the Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power that is estimated to raise up to $3 billion.

Crisil's 'four-on-five' grade indicates that the fundamentals of the issue are above average in relation to other listed equities in India."...strong demand for power will catalyse regulatory facilitation for private participation in the power sector over the medium- to long-term. In this scenario, early movers like Reliance Power will benefit from attractive business opportunities that are likely to come about as a result," Crisil said in a statement.

Reliance Power filed the draft prospectus for its IPO in the first week of October. The IPO is understood to have secured the nod of Securities and Exchange Board of India. The company proposes to issue 130 crore equity shares.Crisil grades IPOs on a scale of one to five.

Grade one indicates poor fundamentals, while five-on-five is given to an issue with strong fundamentals.The agency also said power generators in India will have to depend on state electricity boards for offtake over the short-to-medium term and their return will be subject to regulatory oversight in case of tariff-based projects.

Also, returns on the projects won through the competitive bidding route may not be substantially higher due to competition. Reliance Power has bagged two of the three ultra mega power projects awarded by the government so far.Besides Reliance, recent IPOs of software services firm Persistent Systems, steel pipe maker Precision Pipes and Profiles Company, and brokerage firm Edelweiss Capital have been assigned 'four-on-five' grade by Crisil.


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Sensex ends 2007 with gain of 47%
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Mkts signs off Year 2007 on a firm note; Sify India

Mkts signs off Year 2007 on a firm note;
Sensex ends 80 pts up

NSE 6138.60 58.90
BSE 20286.99 80.04


The final trading session of Year 2007 got off on a firm note this morning. Though the undertone remained quite positive right through, stock prices moved in a tight range for a better part of the session today as global cues were mixed.

However, participants chose to take positions in select blue chip stocks today on expectations of strong quarterly numbers. Though some prominent large caps found the going tough, several mid and smallcap stocks had a highly profitable outing.

A few blue chip stocks, including heavyweights Infosys Technologies, HDFC, Wipro, State Bank of India, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank were seen struggling for support during the closing minutes of trade today, but then, thanks to strong and sustainded buying in Bharti Airtel, NTPC, ITC, Reliance Communications, ONGC and a few other front line stocks, the Sensex managed to sign off the final session of Year 2007 on a positive note today.

From 13,786.91, its closing mark on December 29, 2006, the Sensex has risen to 20,286.99 this year, recording a massive surge of 6500 points or 47.15%. The Nifty has moved up to 6138.60 from 3966.40, netting a whopping gain of 2172.60 points or 54.78%.

While the Sensex, which opened at 20,323.28 and raced to a high of 20,484.28 in early trade, ended the session at 20,286.99 with a gain of 80.04 points or 0.4%, the Nifty, which touched a high of 6467.75 this morning, settled at 6138.60 with a gain of 0.97% or 58.90 points.

Telecom stock Bharti Airtel, which opened on an upbeat note, ended with a handsome gain of 5.75% at Rs 994.55. Reliance Communications, despite remaining relatively sedate, notched up a sharp gain of 1.9%.

NTPC (3.6%), Mahindra & Mahindra (3.2%), Ranbaxy Laboratories (2.5%), ITC (2.35%), ACC (1.6%) and Tata Motors (1.55%) also ended on a high note.

DLF ended nearly a per cent up. Hindalco, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Grasim Industries, Larsen & Toubro and ICICI Bank also ended with smart gains. Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services moved up by 0.4% and 0.35% respectively. Bajaj Auto and BHEL ended marginally higher than their previous closing levels.

HDFC, Ambuja Cements, Infosys Technologies and Cipla lost between 1% - 1.75%. Reliance Energy, which had a bright spell in the positive territory, failed to retain gains and ended with a sharp loss of 0.95%. Hindustan Unilever (down 0.95%), Wipro (down 0.9%), Reliance Industries (down 0.6%) and State Bank of India (down 0.55%) also finished on a weak note. HDFC Bank and Satyam Computer Services ended with small losses.

BPCL (up 10.45% to Rs 523.65) was the biggest gainer in the Nifty index. Tata Power and Idea Cellular moved up by 5.75% and 5.6% respectively. Zee Entertainment (4.2%), Cairn India (4%), GAIL India (2.55%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (2.45%) and VSNL (2.45%) also closed with handsome gains. Suzlon Energy, ABB, SAIL and Unitech gained 1% - 2%.

Nalco, Sterlite Industries, Punjab National Bank, Sun Pharmaceuticals and Hero Honda ended with sharp losses.

Essel Propack hit the 20% upper limit this afternoon and remained locked at that point till the end. Ramco Systems zoomed 14.75% to Rs 245.65. D-Link India, Century Enka, HMT, FDC, Mirc Electronics, Castrol India, Apollo Tyre, GTL, Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Canara Bank, Puravankara Projects, Edelweiss Capital, Escorts and Moser Baer also signed off on a high note.

Among midcap stocks, Himatsingka Seide shot up by 19.7%. BL Kashyap notched up a hefty gain of 16.1%. TV 18, IFCI (the stock topped the turnover chart today), GTL Infrastructure, Global Broadcast, Bilcare, Bata India, Monsanto, Ess Dee Aluminium, Castrol India, Sundaram Fasteners, India Infoline, Wire & Wireless, Patel Engineering, United Breweries, Godfrey Philips and Tube Investments were among the big gainers.

Smallcap stocks Parry Agro, GIC Housing, Vimta Labs, GATI, Suraj Diamond, Fairfield Atlas, Zodiac Clothing, Bajaj Electricals, Zenith Infotech, Suraj Stainless, Nitin Fire Protection Equipments, Heritage Foods, Navneet Publications, Omnitech, Natco Pharma, Bhagya International, Datamatics Technologies and Greenply Industries flared up.

eClerx Services made an impressive debut today. The stock, which opened at Rs 370, hit a high of Rs 467.50 in intra-day trades before settling down to close at Rs 448.40, up 42.35% over its IPO price of Rs 315. Around 9.32 million shares were transacted at the eClerx Services counter on the National Stock Exchange today.

The market breadth was very strong right through the day. Out of 2930 stocks traded on BSE, as many as 2551 stocks posted gains. 363 stocks ended in the negative territory and 16 stocks finished at their previous closing levels.

However, it turned out to be weak first outing for Brigade Enterprises. After opening at Rs 430, well past the issue price of Rs 390, the stock rose to Rs 489.90, only to decline sharply and touch a low of Rs 355.15. Though it found support at lower levels and edged up to close at Rs 379.90, the stock still recorded a sharp loss of 2.55% today.

Sensex ends 2007 with gain of 47%
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30 December 2007

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Emerging sectors lure away executives from IT sector
India Inc to face retention issues in 2008
Bollywood rakes in Rs 4 bn profit in 2007

Tata wants to retire after Rs one-lakh car launch
Shemaroo inks $6.6 mn satellite deal with Zee TV
Starbucks products enter India through tie-up with PVR
Forex reserves to touch $300 bn in '08

Gini & Jony mulls IPO to raise funds
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Fortune 500 cos hiring tech-savvy, hybrid marketers

Sun Direct, 5 new channels mark the year 2007 in TN
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Metal, energy, engineering shares dazzle in 2007
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Whos hot and not: Captains of Indian industry speak : ET

Who's hot & not: Captains of Indian industry speak

As 2007 comes to a close, India Inc wants to close all the chapters that were opened through the year. It, however, doesn’t want to forget the message each chapter held for it. But carry it to the New Year. SundayET commissioned a survey to global research firm, Synovate, to take a peek into the mind of corporate India. And corporate captains impressively turned out to be more global than the Indian themselves.

Infrastructure and education are the two big issues that majority of CEOs are willing to put their wager on. As many as 45% of Indian CEOs reckon infrastructure will be by far the biggest sector to watch out for in 2007 followed by retail (19%). IT & telecom remain the third big sector in the coming year with 14% CEOs voting for it. Much of this is backed by a full-blown debate raging over the inevitability of the sector for a speedier economic and industrial growth and the retail boom resonating all around. There’s an increasing feeling amongst all industry captains in India and abroad that opportunities the country offers within infrastructure and its allied sectors such as energy, software and telecommunications, are tremendous. Education and media & entertainment are others crucial sectors that cross the mind of 8% CEOs each.


Infrastructure may be an issue more specific to India, but Indian CEOs sound unison with their global counterparts in their concern for global warming and M&A, private equity, e-governance and other such issues. A 33% of CEOs polled cite global warming as the biggest concern in 2007 — in line with the global sentiments. Rest of the CEOs were clearly divided in their assessment of the biggest concern during the coming year with 19% and 18% noting inflation and fall of the UPA government as the biggest concern for 2007, respectively.

Others feel terrorism, talent crunch and natural calamities could also spoil the party for India Inc. Interestingly, most of the 125 corporate chiefs seemed to keep a wary eye on the political saga that might unfold during the year. This could be in the wake of ongoing differences amongst the biggest UPA allies — Congress and CPM — over the Indo-US nuclear deal. As many as 72% CEOs believe General Elections would be ushered in earlier than its scheduled 2009.

While 10% expect the election to be held early 2008, 30% and 32% feel they will happen in mid and late next year, respectively. Little wonder then 36% of the business leaders expect General Elections to be the biggest event to look out for in 2008. There were other 26% who feel that the launch of Tata’s one lakh car would be the big event and another 22% who point at Indo-US deal to be the landmark event for the next year. There’s a good news for the business environment in the country if CEO assessments are anything to go by. A buoyant stockmarket seems to have raised hopes amongst them. An overwhelming majority (55%) of the CEOs polled feel the Sensex will hover within 20,000-30,000 range, though there’s a small overzealous section (11%) that feels it could pierce 30,000 mark. The rest paint a more modest scenario with 29% CEOs saying the Sensex would remain within the 10,000-20,000 range.

Real estate and stocks remain the top choice for a significant sections of respondents. While 48% CEOs voted for the former as the best bet for investment in 2008, 23% said it would be stocks. Mutual fund has reasonable believers with 15% people calling it a good bet in 2008. FDI, joint ventures and M&As will continue to be hot currency in 2008, pretty much as in the current year. Almost 22% of CEOs believe FDI will maintain its momentum, 19% say M&As will remain in the news. Much of this sense may have come from big ticket M&As that have hit the headlines in the current year and the manner in which India Inc has pulled off some high profile acquisitions on the global platform. The trend is far from over for most CEOs polled.

However, amidst this exuberance, there’s a significant section which believes e-governance (17%) and inclusive growth (10%) will be hotly debated currency in 2008. The expectations from the Union Budget 2008 evoked a varied response from the CEOs whose biggest expectations ranged from higher allocations for health and education (30%) to exemption in income tax (29%). There are evenly divided groups that has sops for exports and lower duties as the biggest expectations from the government in 2008. While the bunch of CEOs contacted may have been divided on their expectations from the Budget, there was a clear tilt towards Reliance Industries as the company to watch out for in 2008. While as many as 43% of corporate heads polled Reliance Industries as the company to watch out for, 53% believe that Mukesh Ambani could be the businessman of 2008 followed by 26% for Ratan Tata.

Reliance Communications and Tata Motors followed as the second and third in companies to watch out for list. The skew in the survey begins to stand out as the question moves out of the business domain. An overwhelming majority (58%) of the CEOs polled feel Rahul Gandhi will be the newsmaker of 2008 followed by 29% for M S Dhoni. However, when the query focused on sports alone, Dhoni ruled amongst the CEOs. As many as 66% bet on him as the sportsperson to watch out for in the coming year. And that says a lot about popularity of cricket amongst the CEOs, although it’s golf that is strongly associated with them.



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Movers and Shakers 2008 : ET

Rahul Gandhi The Congress' rout in UP has made Gandhi Jr a more determined person. Shedding his inhibitions in formally taking up party responsibilities, Rahul Gandhi finally agreed to be a general secretary of the party in-charge of frontal organisations like NSUI and Youth Congress. For Congressmen, he is not just another promising young face, but the future leader and contender for the country's top political post.


Mukesh Ambani Will he, won't he? Bagging The Economic Times Business Leader of the Year Award for bouncing back from the family split to drive his company on a bold new growth path, Mukesh Ambani has wealth valued at $49 billion, making him the second richest Indian behind steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal. In 2008, the country’s premier industrialist will be seen directing his sprawling business operations that include petrochemicals, oil refining, textiles, retail, and biotechnology, to more dizzying highs....

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India likely to remain the hot pick for world : ET

India likely to remain the hot pick for world

In the age of globalisation, saying no to foreign money is almost unheard of. But in a rare instance, the Indian government led by finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has been campaigning hard to curb foreign inflows into the Indian market. After all, foreign money has been relentlessly chasing the Indian growth story. Out of the $68 billion that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have been pumping into India, as high as $16 billion have entered into the Indian market this year alone. Even in foreign direct investments (FDIs), about $30 billion is expected to land up in India, up from last year’s $19 billion, including reinvested earnings. The forex reserves have been surging, and it has crossed $270 billion.

By now, the India story is fairly well known to the rest of the world. A trillion-dollar economy with a GDP growth rate of 9% or so, India has been the hot favourite among emerging markets, thanks to its strong fundamentals, transparent policy framework and vibrant corporate sector. Yet, the highs of 2007 could result in major challenges in the year 2008. The big question here is whether India will be able to grow at the same pace while coping up with unprecedented phenomena such as appreciating rupee against dollar, flooding of foreign capital in a few select sectors, lack of capacity building in infrastructure sector and above all, unforeseen political turmoil emerging from a pre-poll milieu.


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ADB’s managing director, General Rajat M Nag feels that no one doubts India’s growth story by now. What’s needed is a massive outlay in infrastructure. “The needs are huge, and the fiscal space is limited. As a sizeable amount of public resources has to be spent on education, health and other social sectors, public-private partnership (PPP) is crucial for infrastructure sector,” he says. For Mr Nag, the shortage of power and lack of power reforms in the country could play a spoilsport for India story in 2008 and beyond.

According to ADB’s estimates, India requires $700 to $800 billion of investment in infrastructure in the next five years, which is substantially higher than the estimates made by the Planning Commission. Prof Raj Raina of Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, in South Africa, says that India will keep its growth story in tact for 2008 and beyond. “That India is now determined to build its infrastructure is itself a positive sign.

No country in the world will spend so much money in infrastructure for the next five years as India is planning today. I am sure that India will maintain 9% plus GDP growth rate in the years to come,” he says. Yes, the spending on infrastructure itself could be a big driver of growth for 2008 and beyond. According to Planning Commission estimates, $145 billion or 30% of the total investment in infrastructure will come from the private sector. The growth of PPP framework in India will enable many infrastructure companies to increase its size and scale in the coming years.


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Brand Reliance rules over Indian bourses: ET

Brand Reliance rules over Indian bourses

Just about 30 years on bourses, and yet the Reliance brand is ruling over the 125-year-old Indian stock market, while the year 2007 saw this dominance further growing with its size nearly tripling against less than doubling of the overall market. The two Reliance groups, run separately by the two Ambani brothers, added Rs 5 trillion to their market value of Rs 3.4 trillion at the end of 2006. This is a lion's share in the overall rise of Rs 34 trillion in the total market cap, considering the thousands of listed companies in India.

Interestingly, the surge came despite the financial crisis in global markets, a sharp volatility and the market regulator SEBI adopting extra vigilance on foreign inflows, a key force behind Indian markets' buoyancy in the recent past. Earning the distinction of being one of the fastest growing markets that held the overseas investors in a trance, the bourses also recorded many a milestone such as peaking at over 20,000 points, crossing seven thousand-point marks and the fastest 1,000 point rally, in just four days.

The markets also proved wrong all the experts by demonstrating unprecedented rallies that made lakhs of crores for investors or dried them out in the course of just a few trading seasons. At the same time, market leader Ambanis continued to demonstrate that they were a cut above the rest. The belief seemed something like this, Let the hell break loose or heavens fall, the two brothers could do no wrong for investors and they rightly showed so. The 170 per cent surge in the Reliance market value to Rs 8.4 trillion was much higher than a 92 per cent rise in the total market cap from nearly Rs 36 trillion to over Rs 70 trillion.

Today, the two Ambani groups account for more than 11 per cent of the total market value, against just an iota when Reliance entered the bourses early in 1978. The surge has been of 80,000 times in the Ambanis' market value since then, when it stood at just Rs 10 crore, which is 8 times faster than a jump of about 10,000 times in overall market size, which was about Rs 7,000 crore 30 years ago. All this has been happening when the relations between the two brothers were deteriorating and their names were mentioned in news together only if there was a bout brewing between them.

So much so, the Anil Ambani group shot up a complaint to SEBI charging top officials of Mukesh-led Reliance Industries of sabotaging its group company Reliance Power's upcoming IPO, touted as the biggest ever to hit the market, The bitter battle was even called a blessing in disguise for investors, with market watchers saying that one up-manship between the two was egging them on to grow faster and faster. During 2007, Mukesh-led Reliance Industries (RIL) further extended its market position while becoming the first Indian company to attain a 100-billion dollar market capitalisation. RIL was given a good company in the upsurge not only by the companies belonging to his other group companies such as Reliance Petroleum and those from Anil's camp, but also from traditional conglomerates like Tatas and companies run by new-age entrepreneurs like K P Singh and Sunil Mittal.

As the year drew to an end, conglomerate Tatas held on to their position as the second most valued group, followed by the Anil Ambani group. However, there was not a real challenge to market leader RIL whose appreciation in the year at over Rs 3,00,000 crore was equivalent to the total size of the Anil Ambani group or the Tata group, the two nearest rivals.


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2007 fades out on buoyant note for entertainment
Indiabulls ties up with French insurance company
E-commerce transactions to reach $100 b in 2008
Starbucks products enter India through tie-up with PVR
India, China should lead world aviation sector

PepsiCo to set up seaweed processing plant in Tamil Nadu
Financial sector reforms key to higher GDP: FM
Weekly Wrap: Sensex spurts 1,044 points on all round buying
India to be the first bourse to greet New Year
Brigade signs contract with IHG

Career Launcher setting up new B-school
S Kumars demerges retail biz


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29 December 2007

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The Economic Times

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Rich Indian tourists making a beeline for Malaysia
Finance Minister expects more bids for IFCI
Wipro named leader in SAP implementation services

Buyout rumours boost Cairn stock
IFCI's board's decision correct: FM
R Pillai is first executive on Reliance Retail board
IIMs set to hike fees from next session
Harry Potter book, DVD tops Amazon's '07 best-sellers list

Analysts' picks: M&M, Tulip IT Services, Alstom Projects India and L&T
Indiabulls, SocGen arm form life insurance JV
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Renaissance Jewellery arm launches new Victorian collection
Vijaya Bank likely to raise Rs 3 bn in Q4
Textile sector among the worst-hit by rupee rise
NTPC in talks with Bharat Forge for JV
Maruti 800 to compete with Tata`s Rs 1 lakh car
OIL to infuse Rs 45 bn in next two years for expansion

ITC`s Fortune Park on expansion mode
Brigade Enterprises to list on bourses on Dec. 31
eClerx Services to list on bourses on Dec. 31

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Bharti Infratel Raises $1 Billion From Temasek, Goldman & Others
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DLF To List At Least Five Subsidiaries To Raise $5 Billion
ICICI Venture-Funded Metroplis Health To Buy Labs In India, Overseas
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Year End Specials from Sify.com

Wealth creators

Some scrips had an incredible run in the stock markets
and gave amazing returns to investors.

While old economy stocks held sway, the strong rupee and a somewhat subdued US economy kept pulling the investors away from the IT counters for a better part of Year 2007. High overhead costs, the Fringe Benefit Tax, Dividend Distribution Tax and Minimum Alternative Tax played a part as well in making IT an unfancied sector last year.
Sustained inflow of funds from FIIs, strong economic growth and fairly impressive results from top-notch companies kept the market upbeat. The market did see a few big corrective spells during the year. But, by and large, it turned out to be another profitable year for the capital market.
The star performers of Year 2007 have been from among the capital goods, realty, infrastructure, power and metal sectors. While the benchmark indices -- Sensex and Nifty moved up by 48% (6589 points) and 52.77% (2093 points) respectively, some of their components outperformed them in a telling manner.

Here's look at some of the big stocks that had an incredible run:

The tussle between the Ambani siblings made many an investor in Reliance group stocks richer. Reliance Energy owes a fair measure of its sparkling run to the government's thrust on power and infrastructure development. Mega expansion plans that are being spelt out every now and then by the management and expectations over the forthcoming Reliance Power IPO have also contributed to the success story of the energy player.


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Mergers & Acquisitions

From steel to pharma, India Inc was on an acquisition spree in the global markets throughout the year. A quick look at big-ticket merger and acquisition deals.

Indian companies continued their acquisition spree in 2007 also with nearly 210 M&A deals reported. At this pace, the M&A numbers may touch 400 by the year 2010. India is now among the world's most competitive producer of steel, auto component, pharmaceuticals, chemicals offering low-cost high value products, and the future merger & acquisition (M&A) activities between India and Europe would concentrate around them. Cross-border deals by Indian firms during the year are expected to be in the region of $35 billion, compared with $15 billion in 2006 and $4.3 billion in 2005.

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A peek into the world of free downloads in 2008: Rediff

A peek into the world of free downloads in 2008


How many times have you looked at the price of a software and felt as if you would have to mortgage your house in order to get a full set?
Genuine software prices, most of them at least, can be prohibitively expensive. Thankfully, there are still plenty of idealists out there who freely share their work and welcome others. We look at a few best free software downloads that you should not miss in 2008.

Gmail as a virtual drive

Software developer Bjarke Viksoe has developed a GMail Drive shell extension (http://www.viksoe.dk), a really dandy tool that creates a virtual drive on the computer linking the hard drive and GMail account.
This way, if there's ever a time when you need to access an important document, a picture or even a movie, all you need is this programme to have a peek at the files stored on the user's computer even if the computer is not accessible.
Once downloaded, the programme links a virtual Gmail hard drive with user's Gmail account. What it does not do is import any of the previous pictures, word documents, or any other attachments that are already saved in Gmail account previously. That needs manual syncing.


Make the web come to you

Browsing the web is just so 'uncool' these days. In 2008, let the web come to you, which is why RSS feeds were created. They are a way for you to keep up with your favourite blogs, news sites, political news or for that anything in the ever-growing web jungle.
RSS Bandit (http://www.rssbandit.org) makes it exceedingly easy to subscribe to and read RSS feeds and organise them as well.

A richer pocket mobile PC

Windows Mobile users would agree that the bundled clipboard by default is not so rich in functions like the one used in desktop Windows systems.
That is why you can install Clipboard Tool application to your Pocket PC and enhance the existing Windows Mobile Clipboard with this utility. (http://www.pocketpcfreeware.mobi/download-clipboard-tool.html)
Here, every time the user copies something, it is added to the stack. Once you want to paste something, just open Clipboard tool and select it from the stack. It has also additional features like the Links view, which allows you to filter out of the stack only the weblinks and the Filter view that adds regular expressions support, allowing complex searches.

DVD with a difference

The easiest way to separate features on DVDs is to compress them into .avi format. One software that does a pretty good job is 123 DVD Converter (http://www.dvvideotool.com). The installation file steals 5MB of hard disk space but installing the software is easy. While installation, it asks you to install the DivX codec which is also provided with the installation.
The user interface is shockingly simple, and yet it provides all the necessary tools for converting DVD video or just parts of it into .avi formats. The tool also allows extraction of audio files from the DVD, in which case the user has to select Extract Audio option. The audio files are saved in WAV format .

Back from the dead

Most Windows users are assured about being able to recover files which they regularly send to the Recycle Bin.
After all, that's why its there in the first place. So, why worry? But what happens when you may have emptied the Recycle Bin accidentally. Or worse , if you have deleted files from within a DOS window or a network drive, those files are not even sent to the Recycle Bin.
With Undelete Plus (http://www.undelete-plus.com), however, users can hope to retrieve files. All one needs to do is run the programme, let it scan the system for files that have been deleted including those removed from the Recycle Bin, deleted on a network drive, via a DOS window or from Windows Explorer with the Shift key held down.
Undelete Plus works fine with Windows 95/ 98/ Millenium/ NT/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista operating systems and supports all Windows file systems for hard and floppy drives and also recovers images from CompactFlash, SmartMedia, MultiMedia and Secure Digital cards.


Delete forever

Most of us think that once we have deleted a file, it's gone from the PC, right? Wrong. Even after deleting a file and cleaning out the Recycle Bin, there exist special softwares that can re-create the file.
File Shredder 2 (http://www.fileshredder.org) is a freebie programme that overwrites files with a random string of binary data and that too multiple times. User has a choice of five different shredding algorithms.


Almost a Vista

If you have seen and fallen for the Vista interface, then here is a tool to get that great graphic user interface to your old PC.
Vista Transformation Pack (http://vista-transformation-pack.en.softonic.com) will transform your Windows user interface to ultimate Windows Vista alike looks that everyone will never notice it's the same old Windows XP (or 2003).
The tool dolls up the existing Windows operating system with new system icons, skins and toolbars and desktop tools like a dock bar or a different system tray clock.
Although the transparent glass effect of the windows is difficult to recreate within XP, this pack, used in conjunction with Windows Blinds, does an excellent job of imitating it and giving your system a style that is hard to resist.


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Weekly Gainers (Dec 28) : Rediff India

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Company Group Prev Close (Rs) Current Price (Rs) % Change
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Ramco Systems Lt A 163.30 214.10 + 31.11
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Shipping Corpn. A 248.35 305.25 + 22.91
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Parsvnath Developers A 373.15 457.45 + 22.59
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Adani Enterprises Lt A 900.25 1,094.20 + 21.54
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Orchid Chem & Ph A 246.20 294.70 + 19.70
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HMT Ltd. A 93.05 111.00 + 19.29
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Castrol India A 275.25 328.30 + 19.27
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Mirc Electronics A 29.70 35.40 + 19.19
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Alok Industries Ltd. A 86.70 103.05 + 18.86
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BASF India Lt A 264.95 313.70 + 18.40
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National Alumini A 422.30 497.55 + 17.82
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Indian Oil Corp A 628.25 738.95 + 17.62
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CMC Ltd. A 1,187.60 1,380.75 + 16.26
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Hinduja Ventures A 605.00 702.40 + 16.10
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Finolex Industri A 102.40 117.90 + 15.14
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Rashtriya Chem&Fert. A 97.70 112.35 + 14.99
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Lanco Infratech Ltd. A 735.20 844.45 + 14.86
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Nirma Limited A 232.85 267.05 + 14.69
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Bharat Electroni A 1,830.85 2,097.15 + 14.55
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Arvind Mills Ltd A 78.35 89.50 + 14.23
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Bank of Baroda A 403.90 456.70 + 13.07
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Tata Steel A 824.80 931.40 + 12.92
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HTMT Global Solution A 494.25 556.30 + 12.55
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Bongaigaon Refin A 92.90 104.35 + 12.33
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Great Eastern A 499.15 560.55 + 12.30
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Aventis Pharma Ltd. A 1,001.05 1,121.75 + 12.06
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Jindal SawA 949.20 1,059.10 + 11.58
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GNFC A 192.40 214.25 + 11.36
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HCL Infosystem A 244.90 272.50 + 11.27
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Reliance Energy Ltd. A 1,939.85 2,155.30 + 11.11
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Kotak Mahindra Bank A 1,161.90 1,286.30 + 10.71
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DLF Ltd. A 961.25 1,063.70 + 10.66
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GAIL India Ltd. A 479.55 530.65 + 10.66
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Cairn India Ltd. A 223.35 246.90 + 10.54
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Punj Lloyd A 509.45 561.50 + 10.22
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KRBL Ltd. B1 106.85 161.45 + 51.10
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Eurotex Inds. B1 37.00 55.60 + 50.27
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Kohinoor Foods Ltd. B1 70.45 102.00 + 44.78
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Pochiraju Industries B1 33.85 48.95 + 44.61
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Glodyne Technoserve B1 281.40 394.10 + 40.05
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Everonn Systems Indi B1 759.80 1,050.90 + 38.31
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NoidaTollBridge B1 54.60 73.50 + 34.62
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Guj. Amb.Exports B1 67.45 90.45 + 34.10
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Seamec Ltd. B1 209.00 279.95 + 33.95
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LG Balakrishnan&Bros B1 32.60 43.55 + 33.59
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FCS Software Sol.Ltd B1 95.20 127.05 + 33.46
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Swaraj Engines B1 229.95 300.30 + 30.59
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Aegis Logistics Ltd. B1 273.35 356.30 + 30.35
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Gwalior Chemical Ind B1 87.50 113.25 + 29.43
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R Systems Internat. B1 102.65 132.65 + 29.23
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Unity Infraprojects B1 806.10 1,039.25 + 28.92
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Gati Ltd. B1 119.55 154.10 + 28.90
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KCP Ltd. B1 625.25 803.55 + 28.52
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SPL Industries L B1 31.45 40.40 + 28.46
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Rico Auto Inds. B1 40.80 52.40 + 28.43
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Themis Medicare Ltd. B1 219.45 281.70 + 28.37
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LT Overseas Ltd. B1 77.05 98.65 + 28.03
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Dhanus Technologies B1 263.95 337.35 + 27.81
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Federal Mogul Goetze B1 136.70 173.65 + 27.03
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KEW Industries B1 36.65 46.55 + 27.01
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Nandan Exim B1 5.77 7.31 + 26.69
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Pyramid Saimira Thea B1 420.60 531.70 + 26.41
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Tata Metaliks B1 157.35 198.40 + 26.09

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