10 January 2008

Tata's 1 Lakh small car 'Nano'

Tata's small car: Small size big opportunity

In Pics: Tata Nano

Preeti Burde, who owns a chain of driver training schools in Maharashtra’s Thane city, plans to buy Tata’s Nano the moment it is launched later this year. She is not exactly from the price-sensitive middle class family that the world’s cheapest car is targeted at. She is a businesswoman trying to profit from it. Ms Burde believes a large part of her future customers will be Nano buyers and she may have to migrate at least part of her fleet to the new car to help them learn on the car they’ll drive. “We definitely see a growth in the business as more and more people would come in wanting to learn how to drive in a Nano, which means we too would have to buy more of the Nano model,” she says.

As Ratan Tata pushed gears to ceremonially drive the Rs 1 lakh car at its unveiling in New Delhi, he was not just challenging the automobile industry with its radical economics, but also firing up new business dreams of scores of entrepreneurs across the country who expect the high volume sales of Nano to spawn opportunities to make money. While people like Ms Burde will leverage the high volume sales of Nano to power their businesses, Tatas themselves will be doing their bit for entrepreneurship. If Tatas’ plans succeed, Nano will not just be a car but a new business model and the central piece of ecosystem of entrepreneurship. The way Nano will be built and sold is going to be very different from the way others cars are brought to the showroom. Call it McDonaldisation of the car industry, but Tata wants the small guy to help him assemble and sell the car. This way, he hopes to create new business opportunities for young engineers across the nation, even while finding a cost-effective way to push Nano to the remotest corners of the market. “We would create entrepreneurs across the country over time that would produce the same car,” Tata group chairman told ET in an exclusive interview. “We would produce all the mass items and ship it to them as kits so it is similar to an SKD or CKD operation,” he said. He explained that the company will bring together business aspirants from around the nation to set up satellite assembling and dealership operations. These entrepreneurs need not have experience in the automobile industry.

“My aim was that, I would produce a certain volume of cars and then I would create a very low-cost, low-break-even plant that a young entrepreneur could buy and that bunch of young entrepreneurs could establish an assembly operation,” Mr Tata said. Tata Motors would retain the responsibility for quality assurance and train people who will oversee the operations of these entrepreneurs. The whole ecosystem will look up to the manufacturing strengths of Tata Motors, but will do final assembly at the local units. “It will be very satisfying if the small car created 10 or 15 satellite groups of young engineers who thought they could get together and do a business and never be able to get, normally, in the assembly of cars,” Mr Tata said.


Interview with Ratan Tata: Making of Nano
World watches Tata Motors Nano unveils

Road to Tata people's car has been bumpy, lonely
Nano Revolution: A Breakthrough innovation from the Tatas
Secret Unveiled: Tata's 1-lakh car, a reality



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Results: Motilal, Rajesh Exports, Ushadev, Supreme Petro

Motilal Oswal Q3 net up at Rs 54cr
10th-Jan-2008

Motilal Oswal Financial Services has announced its Q3 FY08 results. Its Q3 net profit was up 139% at Rs 54 crores from Rs 22.6 crore, YoY.

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Rajesh Exports net soars 2.18 times in Dec`07 qtr

Jewellery maker Rajesh Exports (Q, N,C,F)* reported a phenomenal 2.18 times jump in net profit to Rs 612.45 million for the quarter ended December 2007 as against Rs 281.22 million in the same quarter, last year.
Net sales for the quarter climbed 10.41% to Rs 20,672.32 million as compared to Rs 18,724.50 million in the corresponding quarter, a year ago.
The earnings per share (EPS) stood at Rs 16.56 for the December 2007 quarter.

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Ushdev Int`l net rises 4.76 times in Dec`07 qtr

Ushdev International disclosed a phenomenal jump in net profit for the quarter ended December 2007. During the quarter, the company experienced a 4.76 times rise in profit to Rs 75.67 million from Rs 15.89 million in the quarter ended December 2006.Net sales for the latest quarter rose 18.22% to Rs 2,141.40 million compared with Rs 1,811.30 million in the corresponding quarter, a year ago. Total income rose 18.29% to Rs 2,142.71 million for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 1,811.30 million for the same period, last year.The basic and diluted EPS, after extraordinary item, increased 67.25% to Rs 6.59 for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 3.94 for the same quarter last year. (Basic and diluted EPS is adjusted for Bonus issue for year ended Mar. 31, 2007.)

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Steel Exchange net rises 2.69 times in Dec`07 qtr

Steel Exchange India disclosed a phenomenal jump in net profit for the quarter ended December 2007. During the quarter, the company experienced a 2.69 times rise in profit to Rs 49.86 million from Rs 18.50 million in the quarter ended December 2006.Net sales for the quarter rose 35.99% to Rs 1,374.43 million compared with Rs 1,010.66 million in the corresponding quarter, a year ago. Total income rose 38.12% to Rs 1,398.11 million for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 1,012.22 million for the same period, last year.The basic and diluted EPS, after extraordinary items, increased 2.13 times to Rs 2.62 for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 1.23 for the same quarter, last year.

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Supreme Petrochem net rises 45.43% in Dec`07 qtr

Supreme Petrochem disclosed a phenomenal jump in net profit for the quarter ended December 2007. During the quarter, the company experienced a 45.43% rise in profit to Rs 71.64 million from Rs 49.26 million in the quarter ended December 2006.Net sales for the quarter declined 4.13% to Rs 3,599.20 million compared with Rs 3,754.56 million in the corresponding quarter, a year ago. Total income declined 4.29% to Rs 3,612.81 million for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 3,774.93 million for the same period, last year.The diluted EPS, after extraordinary items, stood at Rs 0.62 for the quarter ended December 2007.

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Results on 11th Jan

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Infosys, JaiprakashHydro, Vishal Retail, GRUH Finance, Sanwaria Agro, Tata Metaliks




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Sensex plummets 288 pts on widespread : Sify

Sensex plummets 288 pts on widespread
Sensex falls 288 pts on selling in metal,
Bears tear down mid-caps, Sensex down

Current Change
NIFTY 6156.95 -115.05
SENSEX 20582.08 -287.70

A severe bout of selling pressure engulfed the market a little past mid afternoon and took a heavy toll of stocks cutting across sectors and size. The decline in values of its components proved so sharp that the Sensex, which had raced to a new high at 21,206.77 in morning trade, crashed to 20,530.07.

The Sensex finally ended the day at 20,582.08, down 287.70 points or 1.38% from its previous closing mark. The Nifty, which hit a high of 6347 in intra-day trades, settled at 6156.95, a few points off its low of 6142.90, netting a big loss of 1.83% or 115.05 points for the day.

Turning cautious ahead of key quarterly results, investors resorted to heavy profit booking in late afternoon trade today. With global markets too not displaying any significant strength, the market found recovery a rather tough proposition during the final minutes.

As stocks cutting across sectors felt the heat, except the Bankex, the other sectoral indices ended with big losses today. ICICI Bank, which was the only Sensex stock to close on a positive note - it posted a gain of 3.55% - saved the day for the Bankex. But then, at 0.03%, the barometer's rise was just marginal. ICICI Bank was in strong demand today on the back of reports that the entity may list its subsidiaries during this year in order to unlock value.
Among Nifty stocks, besides ICICI Bank, Idea Cellular (1.25%) and Unitech (0.3%) were the ones to end on a positive note today.

Hindalco, the biggest loser in the Sensex, went down by 4.75%. Tata Steel posted a loss of 4.05%. ACC, BHEL, ITC, Infosys Technologies, NTPC, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Reliance Communications and Reliance Energy lost 3% - 4%.

Tata Motors (down 2.75%), State Bank of India (down 2.2%), Larsen & Toubro (down 2.8%), Hindustan Unilever (down 2.15%), DLF (down 2.25%) and Grasim Industries (down 2.35%) also suffered sharp losses. Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank, HDFC, Maruti Suzuki, Satyam Computer Services and Tata Consultancy Services lost 1% - 2%.

Reliance Industries closed with a minor loss at Rs 3027.05. Ambuja Cements ended flat while BHEL eased by 0.3%. Wipro, Mahindra & Mahindra, ONGC and Bajaj Auto lost over half a per cent.

Nifty stocks GAIL India and Reliance Petroleum lost over 6% today. BPCL ended with a big loss of 5.5%. SAIL, Tata Power, Nalco, Cairn India, Zee Entertainment, GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, Punjab National Bank, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Sterlite Industries and Siemens closed lower by 2% - 5%. VSNL, HCL Technologies and Hero Honda also ended with sharp losses.

Mid and smallcap stocks had another terrible outing. So sharp was the erosion in values of these stocks that the Midcap and Smallcap indices plunged 3.37% and 3.82% respectively.

The market breadth was very weak with declines outnumbering advances by a huge margin. Out of a total of 2912 stocks traded on BSE today, as many as 2544 stocks closed in the negative territory. 351 stocks managed to post gains and 17 stocks ended at their previous closing levels.

Others:

L&T bags Rs 2,000 cr order
PFC to raise Rs 200 crore
Tata dares rivals to fight in market place
Union Budget to be presented on February 29

RCom to get GSM spectrum along with Vodafone, Idea, Aircel
Rajesh Exports Oct-Dec net more than doubles
Surana Ind up on stake buy in coal mining firm
Tatas' unveil Rs 1-lakh car

Adani Welspun plans $4 b bid for Burren
South Indian Q3 net up 64%
IPOs may list within 10 days


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09 January 2008

ET Top stories

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/


India's bull run to continue in '08: JPMorgan
Potential FII outflow to send Sensex, rupee crashing: Study
Enough spectrum after issuance to RCom: Govt

'RBI stops Re from touching record'
ICICI Bank to list four subsidiaries
Karuturi Networks to consider stock split on January 30
Decision on raising FDI limit in print media soon: Dasmunshi

India deals fetch i-bankers $1 bn
Aviva launches website for financial planning



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Tulip IT Services
Prakash Industries
PNB

Patel Engineering
Orient Paper and Industries
Goldman Sachs - Recession in 2008
Market Close: Correction or consolidation ?

Smart Picks 2008
Future Capital Holdings, Reliance Power Grey Market Premiums
Post Market Commentary
Sensex ends flat amidst volatility

Tata Motors - 1L Car - Are you ready ?
Reliance Power IPO Analysis
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Myiris, Moneycontrol Articles

Myiris.com

Brokers` outlook: Market likely to stabilize in few sessions
Mastek PAT rises 31% on better margins (Update)
Surana Industries to acquire PT Agate Resources for Rs 400 mn
Atlanta bags Rs 629.80 mn order

FIIs can now buy upto 74% in Gujarat NRE
Sayaji Hotels Q3 net jumps 2.71 times
Shrenuj acquires DTC`s Arisia Solitaire brand
IQMS completes 51% acquisition of Tractel Solutions, USA

Karuturi Networks board to consider stock split
Suzlon Energy receives order for 100 MW capacity
NDTV may sell stake in subsidiary to NBC
Gokaldas Exports targets smaller cities

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Moneycontrol.com

See more correction in midcaps: IL&FS
Hopes of better earnings trigger midcap IT rally
Era Infra eyes Rs 7-8cr revs from wind pwr
Earnings to be +ve but less spectacular: JP Morgan AMC

Unitech plans largest ever fund raising via QIP: Srcs
Tata's Rs 1 lakh car to be called Jeh
25 bps Fed rate cut likely: Saxo Bank
Buy Micro Technologies, tgt Rs 442: HEM Sec

SAIL adds 9 lakh shares in open interest
KEI Ind looking at buyouts in transformer segment


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Results : Axis, South Indian Bank, Mastek, iGate Etc

Axis Bank Q3 net profit up 66% at Rs 307 cr

Private lender Axis Bank on Wednesday reported 66.20 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 306.83 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 184.61 crore for the same quarter in the previous fiscal.

Axis Bank Q3 net up 66.2% at Rs 747.3 cr
9th-Jan-2008

Axis Bank in Q3 FY08 has reported standalone net profit of Rs 306.83 crore versus Rs 184.61 crore, a jump of 66.2% on YoY basis. During the same period, its NII was up 79.7% at Rs 747.3 crore versus Rs 415.8 crore, YoY

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Mastek Q2 net profit up 10.5% at Rs 18.72 cr

Mastek reported a jump of 10.5 per cent in net profit at Rs 18.72 crore for the second quarter ended December as compared with Rs 16.94 in the same quarter a year ago.

Mastek Q2 net profit up at Rs 27.1 cr
9th-Jan-2008

Mastek reported Q2 FY08 consolidated net profit of Rs 27.1 cr versus Rs 25.1 crore on QoQ basis. During the same
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Sayaji Hotels Q3 net profit up 171 %

Sayaji Hotels posted 171.10 per cent rise in net profit for October-December quarter to Rs 1.6 crore against Rs 62.3 lakh in the same period a year ago.

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South India Bk Q3 net profit up at Rs 40.7 cr
9th-Jan-2008

South Indian Bank announced its Q3 FY08 result. The bank in Q3 has announced net profit of Rs 40.7 cr vs Rs 24.8 cr, YoY basis. Its Q3 Net interest income was at Rs 97 cr vs Rs 88.4 cr, YoY.

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iGate Soln Q3 net profit at Rs 29 cr
9th-Jan-2008

iGate Solutions has announced its third quarter results. The company has posted net profit of Rs 29 crore for the quarter ended December 2007 as against Rs 22.9 crore in previous quarter on the revenues of Rs 209.3 crore versus Rs 200.8 crore.

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Results on 10.01.2008


Results Calender

Guj Hotels 10-Jan-08

Harita Seating 10-Jan-08

Jaypee Hotels 10-Jan-08

Motilal Oswal F 10-Jan-08

R M Mohitex 10-Jan-08

Rajesh Exports 10-Jan-08

Solar Explosive 10-Jan-08

Supreme Petro 10-Jan-08

TOURISM FIN 10-Jan-2008


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Sensex retreats after hitting a new high, ends flat: Sify

Sensex retreats after hitting a new high, ends flat
Sensex ends flat in volatile trade
India's Sensex Ends Little Changed;


NSE 6272.00 -15.85
BSE 20869.78 -3.55


After a positive start and a subsequent fall from higher levels, the Sensex rebounded into the positive territory and ran up sharply in afternoon trade to hit a new all-time high past 21,100. Stocks, led by housing finance major HDFC, power and information technology majors rallied smartly on strong buying support. The Nifty too appeared well on course to hit a new high.
As participants, who remained highly cautious till around noon, turned aggressive and started lapping up stocks, it looked as if the indices would sign off on a highly positive note. However, a heavy bout of selling pressure that erupted in the final hour of trade wiped off a substantial portion of gains posted by a few front line stocks and resulted in the premier indices settling down in the red.

The Sensex, which had hit a low of 20,701.49 this morning but posted a new high of 21,113.13 in afternoon trade, ended the session with a loss of 3.55 points at 20,869.78. The Nifty closed with a loss of 15.85 points or 0.25% at 6272. In intra-day trades today, the Nifty touched a high 6338.30.

Auto, capital goods, healthcare, oil, metal and PSU stocks finished on a weak note. Select information technology, power and realty stocks made smart progress. Mid and smallcap stocks, which staged a splendid rally around mid aftenoon, lost steam as the session progressed and drifted lower in the end.

NTPC (4.5%), HDFC (3.6%), DLF (1.6%), Grasim Industries (1.5%), Hindalco (1.7%), HDFC Bank (1.7%), Reliance Communications (2.05%) and Reliance Energy (1.2%) ended with sharp gains. Ambuja Cements ended marginally higher than its previous closing price.

IT bellwether Infosys Technologies, which had a bright spell in the positive territory today, ended with a sharp loss of 0.4%. However, the other three IT stocks in the Sensex, Satyam Computer Services, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro, finished with modest gains.

Mahindra & Mahindra (down 2.65%) was the most prominent loser in the Sensex today. ACC, BHEL, ITC, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, ONGC and Ranbaxy Laboratories eased by 1% - 2%. Reliance Industries slipped by around 0.6%. Tata Motors lost 0.45%. Tata Steel, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Cipla and Bajaj Auto also ended in the negative territory, albeit with marginal losses.

Oil stocks Reliance Petroleum and BPCL went down sharply, losing 5.95% and 5.7% respectively from their previous closing levels. Punjab National Bank, Unitech and Suzlon Energy lost 1.5% - 2%. GAIL India, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceuticals, SAIL, Zee Entertainment, Nalco and Hero Honda also closed on a weak note. GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, Siemens and Cairn India ended with sharp gains.

The market breadth remained weak right through the session today. Out of 2912 stocks traded on BSE, only 766 stocks managed to romp home on a winning note. 2128 stocks ended in the negative territory and 18 stocks finished at their previous closing levels.

Other Sify.com stories

Surana Ind to invest Rs 1500 cr
Axis Bank Q3 net profit up 66%
Tata's 'People's Car' to be unveiled Thursday
Bharti adds 2.2 m mobile users in Dec

3i Infotech climbs on buyout report
TRF gets Rs 96.16 cr order from Tata Projects
Emco up on stock split plan
SpiceJet soars on Anil buyout buzz



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08 January 2008

ET Top Stories

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/


Stocks to buy: HDIL, Exide industries : Jan 9th Article.
Heard on the street : SpiceJet, MRO Tech : Jan 9th article
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Sensex shrugs off FII void to hit 21K
Shaky at higher levels Sensex fails to hold 21k
Nifty tops Sensex in 2007 returns
Manaksia lists at 9.56% on NSE

SBI, ICICI buy 3% in Jaiprakash Power Ventures
Bull run and India's consumption story
Patel Engg Q3 net 32% higher at Rs 32 cr
Mahindra & Mahindra buys Italian design firm

PGCIL to call bids for $1 bn transmission system in Feb
ADAG in talks with US largest miner NACC for JV
Simplex bags Rs 481 cr order for civil work
Emaar MGF Land to raise up to $1.5 bn in India IPO

Infosys results keep investors on the edge
Promoters cash on share boom; overseas investors ready to buy
Need for cleaner capital market



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The elephant and the bull market
Q3FY2008 Earnings Preview

Emaar MGF IPO coming soon
Market up but smallcaps slaughtered

Market Close: 21k touched but..Couldn't sustain?
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India Equity Investment Strategy
India Strategy, Sun TV, Ashok Leyland

Everest Kanto, Panacea Biotec, Cement, Banking
Simplex Infrastructures

Post Session Market Commentary
Manaksia ends 5% higher on debut

Small-cap, mid-cap indices retreat even as Sensex strikes record high
Market ends flat amid volatility

Nicholas Piramal
IPO Grey Market Premiums



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Myiris.com, Moneycontrol.com Updates

Myiris.com

Brokers` outlook: Market may continue to be choppy on Wed
Power Grid board earmarks Rs 85 bn capex for FY 09
Manaksia settles at 2.94% premium at NSE on day 1
Koutons Retail eyes 51% stake in Touchwood International

SREI Infrastructure Finance launches new financial instrument
BT Group selects Subex Azure for 3 separate deployments
MF Global maintains `BUY` on Simplex Infrastructures
Simplex Infrastructures bags order worth Rs 4.81 bn

Adani Enterprises to raise Rs 30 bn via QIP
Emaar MGF Land to raise up to USD 1.5 bn
December car sales up 8.87%, bike sales dip 11.45%
Sterlite Technologies bags contract worth Rs 1.4 bn

Cheers! Sensex welcomes 2008 with 21K
RNRL likely to acquire overseas mines for Krishnapatnam project
Bajaj Hindustan forays into infra biz
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Moneycontrol.com

Mkts end flat amid volatility: Metals, midcaps down
Liquidity to dominate mkt proceedings in 2008: BNP Paribas
IT earnings to spring +ve surprise: ABN Amro
'Sensex cos' earnings to grow at 17.5%'

Sensex takes 49 days for journey to 21K
Still bullish on mid & smallcaps: Angel
RNRL can touch Rs 265-270 in short-term
Largecaps may outperform other stocks in '08: DSP ML

Midcap pick: Dishman Pharma set to grow big
CLSA sees Sensex EPS growth of 26% in FY09
Grey mkt overpriced Reliance Power IPO: Vijay
Manaksia ends with 4.7% premium
J Kumar Infra fixes IPO price band at Rs 110-120/sh

Sebi to provide tonic for infra projects now


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Results: Prism, Shree Cement, Patel Engg Etc

Myiris.com

Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies`net up 32.72% in Dec`07 qtr

Prism Cement net up 28.67% for Dec`07 qtr

Hyderabad-based cement maker Prism Cement (Q, N,C,F)* reported 28.67% growth in net profit to Rs 644.50 million for the latest quarter ended December 2007 as compared with Rs 500.90 million in the corresponding quarter, last fiscal.Net sales for the quarter increased 20.05% to Rs 2,281.10 million as against Rs 1,900.10 million for the same quarter, a year ago.
Total income for the latest quarter rose 21.79% to Rs 2,321.80 million from Rs 1,906.40 million for the corresponding quarter, last year.

The earnings per share (EPS) of the company rose 28.57% to Rs 2.16 for the quarter ended December 2007.Shares of the company gained Rs 1.35, or 1.8%, to trade at Rs 76.2. The total volume of shares traded was 688,228 at the BSE. (12.07 p.m., Tuesday).

Patel Engineering net up 20.10% in Dec`07 qtr

Patel Engineering registered a 20.10% rise in net profit to Rs 350.30 million for the quarter ended December 2007, as against Rs 291.65 million for the same quarter, a year ago.
Net sales rose 20.05% to Rs 2,621.60 million in the quarter ended December 2007, from Rs 2,183.63 million in the corresponding quarter, last year.Total income rose 20.81% to Rs 2,651.10 million in the latest quarter from Rs 2,194.38 million, a year ago.The basic and diluted earnings per share after extraordinary items, stood at Rs 5.88 for the quarter ended December 2007 as against Rs 5.04 in the corresponding quarter, last year.

Patel Engineering operates in the areas of industrial complexes, building projects, power projects & underground works, dams, bridges & marine works. The company has been involved in implementing projects relating to steel plants, oil refineries, foundries & machine shops, chemical plants, thermal, atomic and hydro-electric projects, tunneling and underground construction, dams, bridges and marine works.Shares of the company were last trading down Rs 5.5, or 0.55%, at Rs 993.95. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE was 22,910. (11.20 a.m., Tuesday ).


Shree Cement Q3 net profit down at Rs 35

Shree Cement Q3 net profit down at Rs 35 cr
Shree Cements announced its Q3 FY08 result. The company in Q3 of FY08 has posted standalone net profit of Rs 35 crore versus Rs 104 crore on YoY basis.
During the same period, the company's standalone net sales were seen up at Rs 523.6 crore versus Rs 364.5 crore, YoY.

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Axis Bank 09-Jan-08

iGATE Solutions 09-Jan-08

Mastek 09-Jan-08

South Ind Bk 09-Jan-08



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Sensex achieves 21K milestone

Sensex achieves 21K milestone

Mumbai (PTI): On hopes of corporates posting good results for the third quarter, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Tuesday surpassed a new milestone of 21,000 points during the intra-day but ended the day below the peak level in volatile trade amid mixed global cues.

The Sensex hit an all-time trading peak of 21,077.53 points but rolled back to 20,873.33 points, a gain of 60.68 points compared to its Monday's close.
The index fluctuated widely in more than 600 points.

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Sensex ends 61 pts up
Shaky at higher levels Sensex fails to hold
Nifty tops Sensex with 60% returns in '07
Sensex firms may lead Q3 slowdown

NSE 6287.85 8.75
BSE 20873.33 60.68



Equities, led by heavyweights, opened on a high note this morning thanks to a recovery in global markets. And the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty scaled new peaks in virtually no time.
While the Sensex vaulted past the 21,000 mark for the first ever time and touched a new all-time high of 21,077.53, the Nifty raced past its previous best of 6300.05 to 6357.10. But then, the fall from those levels also happened in a flash. Though the Sensex managed to hang on in the positive territory for a long time, the Nifty found the going quite tough and slipped into the negative zone in mid-morning trade.

While the Sensex, which plunged to 20,696.60 in intra-day trades, ended with a sharp gain of 60.68 points or 0.29% at 20,873.33, the Nifty settled at 6287.85, well off its low of 6221.60, with a gain of 0.14% or 8.75 points. Even as information technology, telecom, oil and select bank stocks held on to their gains, stocks from auto, metal and power sectors turned easy on selling pressure. Buying remained stock specific in realty, FMCG and capital goods sectors.

Midcap and smallcap stocks were hammered down today. So strong was the sell-off in these segments that the Midcap and Smallcap indices went down by 2.82% and 3.28% respectively.
Bharti Airtel (4.05%), HDFC Bank (3.6%), Satyam Computer Services (2.7%), State Bank of India (2.6%) and Mahindra & Mahindra (2.45%) ended with handsome gains. Index heavyweights Reliance Industries (1.2%), Infosys Technologies (1.5%), Reliance Communications (1.8%) and ONGC (1.7%) had an impressive outing as well.

DLF, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Energy and Tata Consultancy Services also finished on a high note with strong gains to their credit. Wipro ended nearly a per cent up. Bajaj Auto managed to post a small gain.

Among the losers, Grasim Industries, Hindalco and Tata Steel eased by 3.25%, 3.75% and 3.65% respectively. ACC, Cipla, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, NTPC, Reliance Energy and Tata Motors lost 1% - 2.5%. Ambuja Cements, BHEL and Ranbaxy Laboratories closed lower by 0.5% - 0.75% while ITC ended with a small loss.
Oil stock BPCL closed with a sharp loss of 5.65%. Cairn India, Nalco, Sterlite Industries, Tata Power, SAIL, Zee Entertainment, Unitech, Reliance Petroleum, Hero Honda, Idea Cellular, Punjab National Bank, Sun Pharmaceuticals, VSNL, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Siemens also ended sharply lower today.

Suzlon Energy, the biggest gainer among Nifty stocks, closed stronger by 4.7%. GlaxoSmithKline Pharma moved up by 4.35%. HCL Technologies and GAIL India also ended on a firm note.
Engineers India, Polaris, HDIL, Asian Paints, MphasiS, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, ICI India, JB Chemicals, IPCA Laboratories, Nestle, Reliance Natural Resources, United Spirits, Tech Mahindra, i-Flex Solutions, Bajaj Hindustan, Karnataka Bank, Sintex Industries, KEI Industries, Balkrishna Industries, EID Parry, Jai Corp, Shaw Wallace, REI Agro, Geojit Financial Services, Karuturi Network, Bajaj Auto Finance and Madhucon Projects were among the prominent gainers today.

Due to heavy selling in midcap and smallcap stocks, the market breadth was very weak today. Out of 2922 stocks traded on BSE, as many as 2369 stocks ended in the negative territory. 541 stocks posted gains and 12 stocks ended at their previous closing levels

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India pips China as better telecom investment destination
Sensex shrugs off global weakness, ends at record high
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Silverline acquires Canadian firm
Rupee near 10-year high vs dollar
Corporate donations rise 30% in FY07
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Canara Bank expects profit in excess of Rs 1,500 cr

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Marksans Pharma acquires 100% stake in Hale Group
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Parsvnath bags Rs 90 crore order for ashram at Shirdi

Indiabulls to raise $1 billion from international market
Bankers foresee huge demand for Reliance Power IPO
IPOs to take investors' wealth to Rs 100 tn
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ICICI Bank to list I-Sec soon: Sources

ICICI Bank to list I-Sec soon: Sources

CNBC-TV18 has learnt from sources that ICICI Bank plans to list its 100% subsidiary ICICI Securities. Sources added that brokerages value I-Sec at Rs 25-45 per share of ICICI Bank.
ICICI Bank is looking at various options on an ongoing basis and said that any decision on subsidiary will be conveyed at the right time.

ICICI Bank called an analyst meet today to brief the analysts about the various subsidies and how they are doing and how their business is, going forward. What we have picked up from reliable sources is that they are looking at listing of its subsidiary, ICICI Securities. It is in the broking space catering to all the verticals including institutional broking, retail broking, as well as investment banking.

Many brokerages have valued this subsidiary of ICICI Bank anywhere between Rs 25 to Rs 45 per share for ICICI Bank. That means a valuation of close to Rs 5,000 crore for ICICI Securities. That could be pretty much on the lower end compared to the other listed brokerages, which have been on fire post listing as well as with the listing of their new companies like Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss and Religare.

So clearly, it makes sense for ICICI Bank to go out and list the subsidiary. An official spokesperson of ICICI Bank said that they are looking at various options, they keep on looking at ongoing options on various subsidiaries and at an appropriate time they may announce something on those lines, but as of now they said that they cannot comment particularly on this ICICI Securities IPO.

We did try to speak to many other market participants as well; there is a buzz that this makes sense for ICICI Bank to do it and there is a possibility that this will be announced soon. Just look at the valuation parameters, Religare, Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss, all are trading at a higher valuations and the market might give very hefty valuations to ICICI securities as well.

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This information is source-based and has not been provided to the stock-exchanges.


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Sensex may cross 27,000 in first half of 2008 : Rediff

Sensex may cross 27,000 in first half of 2008

Year 2007 was spectacular for equity investors as a majority of stocks, across all classes and representing different sectors, delivered more than healthy returns.
How will 2008 be? To know what the charts indicate, The Smart Investor gets three technical analysts to predict what's in store for the current year. Neowave analyst Milind Karandikar, stock market consultant and analyst Devangshu Datta and Orpheus Capitals CEO Mukul Pal predict the market in 2008. Read on to know more. . .

1. Milind Karandikar

Year 2007 really turned out to be 'The Year of the Bull' as I had mentioned in my last article on January 8, 2007 in The Smart Investor. I received numerous mails following the article stating that I am trying to fool investors by giving some unrealistic projections of the BSE Sensex (20,000 by December 2007).

But, the Sensex did hit the target and fooled all those who did not trust my Neowave analysis. The stock markets would go where they would like to irrespective of what you and me wish. I am just an interpreter of the patterns they form.

No doubt that my analysis goes wrong on a number of occasions, especially in the short term, but on the longer term charts, the patterns look less confusing and future projections become more reliable. Right now, the pattern formed is suggesting that another huge bull run is impending. The technical analysis of this pattern has been discussed in the Technical outlook paragraph.

Even though year 2007 closed with a bang with the Sensex closing above the 20,000 mark, it was a rollercoaster ride for the indices over the year. The Sensex survived two major falls of over 2,000 points in February and July 2007 and managed to close near the all-time high.
Fundamental issues like crude oil prices, US sub-prime crisis, kept on producing ripples in global markets. Many analysts were worried about overstretched valuations at 14,000 level of the Sensex and continue to be worried at 20,000 level. Some are afraid of a bubble forming but, the markets are not ready to listen. If a bubble is going to form, you and me cannot stop it.
On the contrary, majority would not agree to the existence of such a bubble. The reason being a bubble is called a bubble only after it bursts. Everyone wants the bull markets to prevail for ever. But, since every bull phase is succeeded by a bear phase, one has to be very alert about exiting the market.

Technical outlook

The weekly chart of the Sensex shows that after a huge consolidation period (1992-2003) we are in a big bull run for almost last five years now. This rally is a large X-wave, which I had mentioned in my earlier articles also. A zigzag (A) -- (B) -- (C) pattern is the first part of this up move followed by a connecting pattern (X-wave).

This connecting wave is in the form of a running triangle that began in May 2006 and ended in August 2007. The presence of such a running triangle indicates tremendous upside potential for the Sensex. The calculations based on Neowave theory (By Glenn Neely) suggest that the breakout from such a triangle should be at least 1.618 times the largest leg of the triangle.
This puts the Sensex target at around 27,000 mark. The breakout could be as big as 2.618 times the largest leg, leading to a mind boggling figure of 39,000. Even if we keep aside this over-optimistic view, the target of 27,000 could be achieved and that too most probably in the first half of 2008.

The daily chart shows one directional wave (A) followed by wave (B), which seems to be a diametric pattern. This pattern has seven legs and has a bow-tie shape. This pattern seems to be almost over and the next wave (C) has began. I expect this wave to be again a directional move. Right now one cannot predict which pattern will finally evolve in the entire rally from the bottom of August 2007.

Investment perspective

The diametric formation mentioned in the last paragraph has appeared on most of the indices viz. Sensex, Nifty, BSE-500, S&P CNX 500, etc. Structurally, the patterns in broader market indices like BSE-500 suggest much stronger up move. It means that the chances are high for mid caps and small caps to outperform large caps in this rally.

But, one should choose fundamentally sound stocks from these sectors that have not somehow participated in the earlier rallies of the Sensex. There are always a lot of manipulated stocks from these sectors, which attract public attention and become good traps to lose money.
The sectors that are looking good right now are banking, steel and power generation. But, I personally feel that finally it would turn out to be a broad based rally in which most of the sectors would participate.

Finally, those who are investing fresh money have to be very cautious in selecting the stocks. And for those who are already holding good stocks for long time, my advice is Lage Raho Munnabhai!
(The author is a Neowave analyst)


2. Devangshu Datta

At the end of a 12-month period when the major market indices have returned close to 50 per cent (S&P CNX Nifty 55%, BSE Sensex 47%), and the market is trading at an all-time high, it would take a very brave man to suggest that a bear market is due. On a lot of grounds however, a deep correction or a bear market, call it what you will, is indeed overdue.
On the fundamental level, corporate earnings have seen a slowdown in the second half of 2007-08 and the market is fully-valued or overvalued using standard accounting ratios and growth projections.

At the global level, crude oil is hitting new highs and the US subprime crisis doesn't seem to have played out. There is a US presidential election and closer to home, there's chaos in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. There's also a sequence of state assembly elections and a general election on the agenda.
But technical analysts would say that this is mostly known and hence, the bulk is likely to have been discounted already by price movements. This is not quite true -- the fundamental news is indeed predictable and likely to be discounted.

But traders tend to be optimistic by nature and political uncertainty (including election results as well as events like terrorist attacks) is never factored out until it actually happens.
As things stand, a pure technical analysis would however, suggest that the market is more likely to head up rather than down. As the wise traders say "Never buck the trend" and the market is in a strong uptrend. In the past three months, Indian equities have generated more volume than ever before and despite several selloffs, the major indices seem to have made an upside breakout.

The Nifty has good support immediately below its current levels, in the range of 5,600-6,100. It has a target of about 6,600 in the intermediate term of three-four months and the possibility of moving till 7,000 in the longer-term of six-eight months. Beyond 7,000 and beyond that six-eight month timeframe, it's difficult to make concrete projections. If there are corrections, and there are bound to be, the major market index should bottom out somewhere at the lower end of the 5,600-6,100 range.

The Sensex will behave similarly, but if the pattern of the past year holds, it will register less width in its moves. The current Nifty basket covers the entire Sensex basket with the substitution of Unitech (Nifty) for DLF (Sensex). The correlation is close to 1 and the extra 20 stocks in the Nifty should lend it more upwards momentum.

Breadth has been a feature of this bull market so far. If we look at indices, the CNX Midcap (78%) and BSE Smallcap (87%) have both done better than the main indices. So has the CNX Nifty Junior (74%), which shows that the market has deepened.

Most of the sector indices have done well, underlining the breadth of the rally. The Bank Nifty has lifted 63 per cent and the BSE Oil & Gas index has delivered an astounding 115 per cent on the back of a great performance by Reliance Industries [Get Quote], Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote], Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] and Essar Oil [Get Quote]. It's an open question whether this is sustainable since all these counters look over-extended. The one major loser has been IT -- the CNX IT is down 11 per cent and this can be explained by the outperformance of the S&P CNX Defty (72%), which has beaten its rupee twin, the Nifty handily. The strength of the rupee versus the US dollar could continue to affect all exports, not just IT, over this coming year.

Summing up, the first eight months of 2008 should be positive, and there's no technical signals suggesting that the market is due for a major correction. Intermediate corrections should find support and peter out around 5,600 levels. Breadth looks good and relatively smaller stocks could outperform.

Danger signals would be 1) a drastic dip in volumes 2) narrowing in terms of size or breadth -- smaller stocks start underperforming and so do most sectoral indices 3) a correction that drives the Nifty below 5,500 for a period of a several weeks. If none of these occurs, the big bull market will be sustainable.


3. Mukul Pal

Just like 2007, we will see the sectors shift in and out of relative strength. And, as the Sensex keeps growing, its sectoral representation will increase or decrease based on how well the sectors perform. New sector leaders will get in the Sensex and the underperformers will get out.
While a high and higher Sensex might seem good for the economy, it will never convey the real picture early enough to make the most of high performing sector growth or early warning systems to get out of stagnating sectors. This is what we tried addressing last year when we said that energy and materials sector should lead the Sensex higher after the first quarter of 2007. On the energy front, we also mentioned that we do not see oil falling substantially below $50 and after oil hits base, the respective sectors should assume leadership.

I also mentioned about auto and IT underperformance, which happened. There was another aspect I got right, I anticipated a negative trend till March 2007 and a positive year turn around after that. About the things I got wrong�I was off the mark on the banking sector. The BSE Bankex moved up 66% in 2007. The banking sector indeed pushed us off our Sensex targets, which I did not foresee above 18,000.

So as you see, the answer to Indian stock market outlook is trickier than the famously quoted "Sensex 40,000" in five years. I am not saying that it does not challenge us to get the target on Sensex right by two decimals (Elliotticians have done it before), but market forecasting is extremely dynamic and to stick out for a potential turn level in 12 months is not an easy accuracy to deliver.

However, the Sensex targets can be built around sectoral and intermarket dynamics. The late economic cycle stage, which I discussed last time, is followed by topping and slowdown. After Sensex 20,000, the market expectations are for 30,000, but I don't see the Sensex extending beyond 24,000 this year with the benchmark making a decade high this year.

Like I saw the auto, pharma, FMCG and IT stagnating for more than 15 months on average, while the Sensex soared, it's wishful thinking that capital goods and banking will continue to outperform and will not pause if not exhaust.

The Sensex underperformed the capital goods, banking and energy sectors in 2007. And, these are the sectors, which will finally validate our case. Credit cycles are behind the economic boom and even if India is sitting on a huge industrial and construction boom linked with the capital goods sector, credit and real estate are interwoven in the sector.

Prices can't rush ahead of themselves and a rise of energy and material prices will only make it tougher for the capital goods sector to keep delivering, as costs go up. This year, the BSE Capital Goods index should move its last leg up to complete the cycle trend the sector started in 2002. The index should complete the last leg up from current 20,000 levels to 25,000. This should be the first leading indicator after which, identifying a Primary (multi year) top for Sensex should be easy.

And a move on oil above $100 to potential $125 might look interesting to the energy speculators. But, it will subdue the enterprising efforts that some of India's underperforming auto sector majors are making to bring in luxury cars by pitching to buy them from the other struggling global auto majors.

Not to forget to mention the other ill-effects of rising energy prices. So, after the damage will be done by high energy prices in 2008, the BSE Oil index will also head into major resistances accompanied by primary (multi-year) top on oil prices. The banking sector is also an early starter in an economic cycle. The Sensex started moving up in 2001, four years after the uptrend in banking majors. So, if the Sensex has to form a primary top this year, banking should lead.

We are not looking above 15,000 on BSE Bankex index (up 25% from current levels). Bad timing as you may call it, with capital goods and banking under pressure, energy topping late 2008 or early 2009, we will be ready for the proverbial bust heading into 2010 and 2011 Benner cycle lows. Selling in strength isn't easy. I advise to reduce capital goods sector allocations and look at pharma and FMCG majors, which I consider defensive plays and emerging outperformers. About IT, I don't see a reprieve yet, the negative surprises might keep coming.

Utilities and integrated metals and materials companies should continue to fare well. From an Elliott count perspective, the 3 primary of the Impulse from 2001 has witnessed a double retracement. And, the best case scenario expects at least a 3 Primary (multi year) top this year, as the sectors witness the relative shift once again.
(The writer is CEO, Orpheus Capitals, a global alternative research company)


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Qtrly Results: ABG shipyard etc

ABG Shipyard net rises 60.81% in Dec`07 qtr

ABG Shipyard disclosed a phenomenal jump in net profit for the quarter ended December 2007. During the quarter, the company experienced a 60.81% rise in profit to Rs 471.18 million from Rs 293 million in the quarter ended December 2006.Net sales for the latest quarter rose 54.84% to Rs 2,749.64 million compared with Rs 1,775.81 million in the corresponding quarter, a year ago.

Total income rose 55.17% to Rs 2,769.46 million for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 1,784.84 million for the same period, last year.The basic and diluted EPS, after extraordinary item, increased 61.14% to Rs 9.25 for the quarter ended December 2007 from Rs 5.74 for the same quarter, last year.


Highlights of the quarter:ABG Shipyard received Rs 64.87 million from the ministry of shipping, government of India as ship building subsidy.The company delivered a new Anchor handling tug supply vessel `Maridive - 229` to the owner Maridive & oil services S.A.E Egypt.ABG Shipyard bagged mega repeat orders of over Rs 10 billion from existing international customers.

Business Profile:ABG Shipyard, the flagship company of the ABG group, manufactures and repairs ships for commercial and government clients. The shipyard has constructed and delivered 95 vessels including specialized and sophisticated vessels like interceptor boats and self loading for leading companies in India and abroad.

Shares of the company declined Rs 24.25, or 2.45%, to trade at Rs 967.1. The total volume of shares traded was 59,601 at the BSE. (1.33 p.m., Monday).

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Bilpower net down 5.92% in Dec`07 qtr

Bilpower registered a 5.92% fall in net profit to Rs 66.25 million for the quarter ended December 2007, as against Rs 70.42 million for the same quarter, a year ago.

Net sales rose 31.91% to Rs 873.12 million in the quarter ended December 2007, from Rs 661.88 million in the corresponding quarter, last year.

Total income rose 31.88% to Rs 873.22 million in the latest quarter from Rs 662.09 million, a year ago.The basic earnings per share after extraordinary items, stood at Rs 7.36 for the quarter ended December 2007.

Bilpower is a leading power engineering company in India. The company is involved in manufacturing electrical laminations made up of cold rolled grained oriented (CRGO) steel sheets and stampings (stators and rotors).

Shares of the company were last trading up Rs 6.85, or 1.96%, at Rs 356. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE was 86,732. (1.47 p.m., Monday).


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