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L&T Finance hits new low

about 8 years ago

L&T Finance is among the top five losers on the BSE currently, down over 12% at Rs.112.20, hitting a new 52-week low.

First Leasing hits the bottom

about 13 years ago

First Leasing has hit the 20% lower circuit at Rs.26.80, a 52-week low. Volumes have doubled with more sell orders pending on the counter. The stock has hit this bottom after the company issued a Press Release today morning, stating that RBI has barred the company from doing any business und ...

Manappuram Finance down 5% on strong volumes

about 11 years ago

Manappuram Finance is down 5% at Rs. 21, very close to the day’s low price of Rs. 20.95, being the top loser on BSE. Volumes on the counter are very strong, especially post 1 pm this Wednesday afternoon. So far, over 27 lakh shares have been traded on NSE, as against the 2 week average dail ...

Return on Investment

about 8 years ago

Return on Investment (RoI) measures rupee earned from each rupee invested for a particular time period. A higher positive RoI indicates investment gains compared to investment costs.

GRUH Finance rises 8%

about 7 years ago

GRUH Finance is up among the top five gainers on the BSE since opening bell. The stock price opened over 4.5% higher at Rs.266.10, rising to an intraday high at Rs.268.95,

Manappuram Finance slumps

about 7 years ago

Three days ago, Manappuram Finance had hit an all-time high of Rs.141 but today, it breached the 10% LC at Rs.123.90;

Gruh Finance in a "Bandhan"

about 8 years ago

Gruh Finance is the top most trending stock on the social media today. The stock rose over 3.2% to Rs.329 in the morning

Bajaj Finance jumps over 7%

about 8 years ago

Bajaj Finance is among the top five gainers on the BSE, going up over 7% to Rs.2230 and thanks to its surge, the feel-good factor has spread to other NBFCs too.

Muthoot Finance jumps up over 9%

about 8 years ago

Muthoot Finance is the top gainer on the BSE currently, rising over 9% to Rs.435.85. Volumes have jumped up almost 14 times.

GRUH Finance slumps post Q3

about 9 years ago

GRUH Finance is the top loser on the BSE currently despite posting a healthy set of numbers for Q3FY18. But this is more account of profit booking because in a run-up to the numbers, it had risen quite a bit

Manappuram Finance

about 10 years ago

Manappuram Finance is the top gainer on the BSE, going up to an intra day high at Rs.105, inches close to its 52-week high of Rs.106.75. Volumes have spurted up almost

Tourism Finance gets the 'midas touch'

about 10 years ago

Tourism Finance Corporation breached the upper circuit at Rs.63 yesterday and today, clocking in volumes of over 5 times, it hit a new 52-week high at Rs.70.50. The reason for this euphoria is that Rakesh Jhunjhunwala owned company, Insync Capital Partners bought 4.25 lakh shares of the comp ...

Muthoot Finance at a new high

about 10 years ago

Muthoot Finance is today amongst the top gainers on the BSE, hitting a new 52-week high at Rs.340, up almost 7%. The stock price hit a high on the back of its very good performance for Q1FY17. It has registered an increase in net profit of 48% (YoY) at Rs.270 crore. Retail loans registered a ...

SRS Finance in the limelight

about 10 years ago

An NBFC with a market cap of over Rs.100 crore, SRF Finance is doing well on the bourses today. Up 5% at Rs11.55, with a 52-week high of Rs.39 and low of Rs.10.52, the stock is the limelight. The reason – the company had a Board meeting on 15th July to consider stock split – it w ...

Bajaj Finance hits life time high

about 10 years ago

Bajaj Finance announced today that its Board will be meeting on 26th July to consider issue of bonus shares and also go for a stock split. The company will also be considering its Q1FY17 results on the same day. This news took the market by complete surprise and it is celebrating this by cat ...

GRUH Finance rises poist Q4

about 9 years ago

GRUH Finance is amongst the top five gainers on the BSE currently, going up 6.5% to Rs.651.50 and from there, it dropped and is now at Rs.645, up almost 5.5%.

L&T Finance builds up

about 11 years ago

Last month the news on L&T Finance was that consulting firm, Bain Capital was close to acquiring a minority stake in the company and the deal was valued at $350 million. This is yet to happen. And today, the news is that Warburg Pincus, the US based PE fund is looking at buying a 25% sta ...

VLS Finance in the limelight

about 13 years ago

VLS Finance is in the limelight today morning. The stock is up 5.5% at Rs.13.29, with an intra day high at Rs.13.45. The stock is up on expectations of buy back price being announced tomorrow at the Board Meeting. Promoters currently hold 40.42%stake, while rest, 59.58% stake is held by the ...

L&T Finance slips into red

about 13 years ago

L&T Finance is amongst the top three losers on the BSE currently. The stock opened much weaker and tanked to an intra day low at Rs.77.55. It presently remains almost 3.5% down. The stock has slipped into the red since morning, reacting to the floor price it announced yesterday. The comp ...

L&T Finance down 5%

about 13 years ago

L&T Finance Holding is currently the top loser on the BSE, down 5% at Rs.75.25, while yesterday it had hit a new 52-week at Rs.88.25. This turnaround in moods from high to sell came in on the back of news that to comply with SEBI’s stipulation of 25% public holding, parent company, ...

Bajaj Finance - Extremely Conservative Guidance on Asset Quality

about 5 years ago

Bajaj Finance is not even aiming to reach the pre-covid level in the next 9 months, which highlights how severe is the stress is.

L&T Finance zooms to top gainer

about 13 years ago

L&T Finance Holdings is currently the top gainer of the day, up almost 4.5% at Rs.84.65, with an intra day high at Rs.85.65 while volumes have jumped over one time. The stock is tantalizingly close to its 52-week high of Rs.86.15. The stock is up after the NSE announced that it has decid ...

L&T Finance up on the buzz

about 13 years ago

The market opened today morning with L&T Finance jumping up to become the top gainer on the BSE. With an over 2 times jump in volumes, the stock hit an intra day high at Rs.78.45 and is currently at Rs.77.65, up over 3.5%. The stock is up on news reports that the Jalan Committee, set up ...

Manba Finance

about 2 years ago

Avoid at all Cost
Subscription Start Date :23 Sep 2024 End Date :25 Sep 2024
Issue Size : Rs. 151 cr, Issue Type : Fresh Issue
Price Band : Rs.114 to Rs. 120
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Overall Subscription : 215.84x
QIB : 148.55x,HNI :506.13x,Retail :129.89x
Listing Date : 30 Sep 2024, , Listing Price : 145

L&T Finance

about 15 years ago

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AU Small Finance Bank

about 9 years ago

Verdict :Asking for gold!
Subscription Start Date :28 Jun 2017 End Date :30 Jun 2017
Issue Size : 1,913 crore, Issue Type : OFS
Price Band : Rs.355 to Rs. 358
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Overall Subscription : 53.49x
QIB : 78.77x,HNI :143.51x,Retail :3.31x,Other :1.4x
Listing Date : 10 Jul 2017, , Listing Price : 522

NCD ISSUE - ECL FINANCE

about 13 years ago

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NCD ISSUE - INDIA INFOLINE FINANCE

about 13 years ago

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NCD Issue - INDIA INFOLINE FINANCE

about 14 years ago

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Shriram Finance

about 14 years ago

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SAMVARDHANA MOTHERSON FINANCE

about 15 years ago

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JAYANTI NATARAJAN 'NIP's AT NATIONAL INVESTMENT BOARD

about 14 years ago

She has called the NIB unconstitutional and "completely unacceptable". She says that when her department, the Environment department rejects a proposal, on grounds of violating environment laws, then no panel should have the power to overrule that decision. Oh really!

L&T Finance down in red

about 5 years ago

The stock opened over 1% higher at Rs.83.60 but from there, it slipped to Rs.76.85, down over 7%, remains in the red, among top five losers currently.

IIFL Finance up over 8.5%

about 4 years ago

The stock is among the top five gainers on the BSE, rising over 8.5% to an intraday high at Rs.356.70. Its 52-week high stands at Rs.395.15.

INVESTMENT MANTRAS ON “VALUE” BUYING

about 7 years ago

In fact many brokerages and fund houses have raised red flags on equity valuations, especially given the poor expected earnings for Q1FY20. The BSE Sensex is today trading at a valuation of over 28 times its underlying earnings in the trailing 12 months. If that does not give a resounding knock on valuations, what will?

Indiabulls Finance volatile

about 5 years ago

The stock opened almost 7% higher at Rs.282.60, but from there, it slipped down 6.5% to hit an intraday low at Rs.248.55 and continues to trade in red

L&T Finance 'licensed' to rise!

about 14 years ago

NBFC stocks are doing very well today morning. Leading the pack currently is L&T Finance, which is up almost 4% at Rs.81.05, very close to its intra-day high of Rs.81.70. The upper circuit is at Rs.93.75. This stock and other ‘aspirant’ NBFCs are doing well after the RBI ...

Aadhar Housing Finance

about 2 years ago

Can expect 15%-20% Listing Gain
Subscription Start Date :8 May 2024 End Date :10 May 2024
Issue Size : Rs. 3,000 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.300 to Rs. 315
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Overall Subscription : 26.76x
QIB : 76.42x,HNI :17.33x,Retail :2.58x,Other :6.88x
Listing Date : 15 May 2024, , Listing Price : 315

ESAF Small Finance Bank

about 3 years ago

Will Third Attempt be Lucky?
Subscription Start Date :3 Nov 2023 End Date :7 Nov 2023
Issue Size : Rs. 463 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.57 to Rs. 60
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Overall Subscription : 73.15x
QIB : 173.52x,HNI :84.37x,Retail :16.97x,Other :4.36x
Listing Date : 16 Nov 2023, , Listing Price : 72

SBFC Finance

about 3 years ago

Asset Quality dims AUM Growth
Subscription Start Date :3 Aug 2023 End Date :7 Aug 2023
Issue Size : 1,025 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.54 to Rs. 57
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Overall Subscription : 70x
QIB : 193x,HNI :49x,Retail :11x
Listing Date : 16 Aug 2023, , Listing Price : 82

THE SPIRIT OF INVESTMENT - STAYIN' ALIVE!

about 15 years ago

The biggest question dogging almost every small investors mind on Dalal Street is whether one should stay away from the equity markets for now given the uncertainty, in domestic as well as global markets. While we are dealing with apathy and complete breakdown of governance by the ruling Govt

Fusion Micro Finance

about 4 years ago

Can be Skipped
Subscription Start Date :2 Nov 2022 End Date :4 Nov 2022
Issue Size : 1104 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.350 to Rs. 368
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Overall Subscription : 2.95x
QIB : 8.59x,HNI :1.38x,Retail :0.51x
Listing Date : 15 Nov 2022, , Listing Price : 360

Muthoot Finance hits the roof

about 13 years ago

Muthoot Finance, the top gainer on the BSE currently has breached the 20% upper circuit the moment it opened for trade today morning and is frozen at Rs.129.10. The stock hit the roof after the Govt eased lending on gold norms. RBI raised the cap on Loan to Value of Gold (LTV) proportion fro ...

Shriram Finance

about 16 years ago

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Shriram Finance

about 13 years ago

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Shriram Finance

about 13 years ago

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Laxmi India Finance

about 1 year ago

Very Pricey
Subscription Start Date :29 Jul 2025 End Date :31 Jul 2025
Issue Size : Rs. 254 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.150 to Rs. 158
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Overall Subscription : 1.85x
QIB : 1.3x,HNI :1.83x,Retail :2.19x,Other :1.54x
Listing Date : 5 Aug 2025, , Listing Price : 136

Tata Investment up & about

about 4 years ago

The stock is currently the top gainer on the BSE; opening 3% higher at Rs.1413.95, the stock surged over 8.5% to hit an intraday high at Rs.1535.

L&T Finance up in the green

about 14 years ago

L&T Finance, as expected is doing well today. The stock is up almost 2.5% at Rs.73.25, with an intra day high at Rs.73.75. The stock had hit a 52-week high on 19th Dec at Rs.97.35. The stock is up after Kishore Biyani led Future Group agreed to sell 50% in its life insurance business, Fu ...

L&T Finance on the buzz

about 14 years ago

L&T Financel Holding is doing well today, up over 1.5% at Rs.80.50, with an intra day high at Rs.81. The stock’s 52-week high is at Rs.97.35. The stock is buzzing today as it is expected to declare its Q4FY13 and FY13 numbers today. Market capitalisation of the company currently st ...

Tube Investment - riding on better prospects of CG Power

about 6 years ago

Tube held many investors' meet in last 1 week, where road map of CG were laid out, with 51% of this will get added in the financial of Tube in FY 22

Authum Investment & Infrastructure - Can we believe this company?

about 5 years ago

Financials of the company are not seen convincing, which can instill confidence in any prospective buyer

Bajaj Housing Finance

about 2 years ago

Growth and Asset Quality justify Pricing
Subscription Start Date :9 Sep 2024 End Date :11 Sep 2024
Issue Size : Rs.6,560, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.66 to Rs. 70
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Overall Subscription : 63.56x
QIB : 209.36x,HNI :41.45x,Retail :6.97x,Other :17.46x
Listing Date : 16 Sep 2024, , Listing Price : 150

Aye Finance

about 8 months ago

Nothing Positive
Subscription Start Date :9 Feb 2026 End Date :11 Feb 2026
Issue Size : Rs. 1,010 cr, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.122 to Rs. 129
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Overall Subscription : 0.97x
QIB : 1.5x,HNI :0.05x,Retail :0.77x
Listing Date : 16 Feb 2026, , Listing Price : 129

DIVIDEND PAYOUTS – A GOOD INVESTMENT MEASURE?

about 8 years ago

It is seen that there are now very few investors who really wait with bated breath for the dividends to come in. And this probably has happened because companies themselves offer very small dividends as against the stock market price. Hence the investor starts looking more at capital appreciation.

PNB Housing Finance at 20% UC

about 5 years ago

The stock, which had closed on Friday at Rs.437.70, opened today at Rs.440 and soon hit the 20% UC of the day at Rs.525.50, a new high too, where it now remains frozen.

Bajaj Finance down 8,5%

about 4 years ago

The stock is currently the top loser on the BSE and lost almost 8.5% to hit an intraday low at Rs.6032.25 on the back of 14x surge in volumes.

L&T Finance hits new high

about 4 years ago

The stock, which had closed on Friday at Rs.92.45, opened slightly lower today at Rs.92.25 and soon went on to hit new 52-week high at Rs.98.25

Bajaj Finance tumbles down

about 11 months ago

The stock tumbled nearly 7% to Rs.997 on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, after the company’s Q2FY26 results, which showed robust earnings but a downward revision in growth outlook, dampened investor sentiment.

Muthoot Finance down 6%

about 5 months ago

The stock slipped 6% today, bucking a strong FY26 print, with the stock trading around Rs. 3,310 after opening higher at Rs. 3,571.7 and sliding to an intraday low of Rs. 3,300 (vs previous close Rs. 3,528.9). The move came on active trade (turnover Rs. 64.8 crore),

Bajaj Finance rises 4.5%

about 6 years ago

The stock price surged over 4.5% to hit an intraday high at Rs.5210 and it is currently trading at Rs.5190 levels. Its 52-week high is at Rs.5372.75.

L&T Finance trades low

about 6 years ago

The stock, which had closed yesterday at Rs.105.10, it opened lower at Rs.102.90 an went down to an intraday low at Rs.98.65

Muthoot Finance 'relieved'

about 6 years ago

The market seems pretty relieved with this news as the stock opened in the green at Rs.1146 and rose 1% to Rs.1149.20. Trading volume is muted as of now.

Starteck Finance hits the roof

about 5 years ago

The stock which had closed yesterday at Rs.119, opening higher today at Rs.122.90 and went on to hit its 5% UC of the day at Rs.124.95.

BUFFETT INVESTMENT SIGNALS US HOUSING RECOVERY?

about 14 years ago

Those in the market and some of them, who are not so active in the market, unanimously dote on every word and every action of one person - Warren Buffett. Whatever he does, his quotes on life, the way he leads his life, the stocks he buys and sells, his profits, his annual meeting at Berkshire,

Bajaj Finance scaling high

about 7 years ago

After a new high yesterday, today too it opened at a new high at Rs.4464 and went on to Rs.4483.25

Muthoot Finance at new high

about 6 years ago

The stock which had closed yesterday at Rs.1000.20, rose 14% to hit a new 52-week high at Rs.1139.75.

BUYING DIVIDEND STOCK - TIMELESS INVESTMENT TOOL?

about 13 years ago

If one were to look at the top 5 dividend paying companies in Fy13, like always Colgate-Palmolive tops the list and it paid three interim dividends - Rs.13, Rs.6 and then Rs.9 - total dividend paid was Rs.28 per Re.1 share held. And now for FY14, it has once again declared three interims - each of Rs.9 per share; total Rs.27/share.

SMALL SAVING SCHEMES – NO LONGER A BIG INVESTMENT OPTION?

about 9 years ago

On the 1st of July, when all eyes were on the ushering in of GST, what we all missed was the quarterly recalibration of interest rates on small savings. And this most certainly has a huge bearing on the senior citizens and multitude of us who invest quite a substantial chunk of money in these small savings schemes – the nest egg for bad times/old age.

NATIONAL INVESTMENT BOARD - WILL THIS 'NIB' HAVE ENOUGH TO INK?

about 14 years ago

Is this NIB like some brahmastra which will destroy all? Asvatthama, in the Mahabharata had released the missile, which was an evil deed. But like Asvatthama, who did not know the mantra to retract the missile once released, will the NIB require an Arjuna to counteract?

GOLD BUYING TO BE CURBED BY IIBs? NAAH!!

about 14 years ago

Apart from hikes in duties, our honorable Finance Minister has proposed the introduction of Inflation-Indexed Bonds or IIBs. The idea is indeed in the right direction - when investors are given an alternate investment option, which helps you hedge against rising inflation, the FM hopes that IIB will do the trick. Real estate and gold, move with costs and these

IIFL Finance at new high

about 6 years ago

The stock, which had closed yesterday at Rs.271.30, opened at Rs.281.95 and went on to Rs.292, hitting a new 52-week high.

Amtek Auto in top gear

about 12 years ago

Amtek Auto is the top gainer on the BSE currently, up over 11.5% at Rs.183.90, its current intra day high. The company is in news following reports that its subsidiary, Amtek Global has managed to raise Rs.1800 crore or Euro 235 million as long term finance from global investment firm, Kohlb ...

Mahindra Finance slips

about 6 years ago

Though the stock opened 1.5% higher at Rs.132.80, it soon slipped down to Rs.126 and hovering currently around the same levels.

Reliance Home builds up then drops

about 8 years ago

Stock price of Reliance Home Finance added 4% in the morning trades to go up to Rs.76.90 and after that profit booking wiped off all the gains

BUDGET FY14 - THE GAINERS AND LOSERS

about 14 years ago

On the whole the Budget was a lot of talk but there does not seem to be the right stride in the walk to meet this talk. The Finance Minister on one hand said that the FY14 plan expenditure is to be raised by 30% but at the same time, he says that fiscal deficit for FY14 will come down to 4.8% from the current year estimate of 5.2%. How does this math add up? There is a massive jump in social schemes, so one wonders how the fiscal deficit

ECONOMIC SURVEY: F1Y9 COULD BE A DREAM BUT FOR.....

about 9 years ago

The Survey expects the FY18 GDP at 6.75%, similar to what it has estimated in FY17 Survey. It expects FY19 growth at 7 to 7.5%. This is good news as it expects the economy growth engine to take off in FY19. It is banking on private sector investment to take off and aid this growth. But putting in an air of caution, the FM has said that the takeoff of the private sector investment depends on resolution of stressed assets and recapitalisation of banks; if the NPA resolution does not happen as scheduled, the private capex cycle may take longer to pick up.

SREI Infra bounces back

about 7 years ago

SREI Infrastructure Finance had been hitting new lows for the past two consecutive days. Today, it opened in the green and rose to Rs.18.25, rising 3%

Indiabulls Housing jumps up 9%

about 8 years ago

Indiabulls Housing Finance had hit a new low on Friday at Rs.640.15 and today, it is currently the top gainer on the BSE at Rs.712, up 9%.

COAL INDIA NEEDS TO BE RESCUED – NITI AAYOG SHOWS THE WAY!

about 9 years ago

The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI), a UK based hedge fund, way back in 2012, while holding just 1.1% stake in Coal India while Govt held 90%, had created a huge furor as it threatened to sue CIL for bowing down to the sarkar, the Govt, when it came to pricing. It had substantial evidence to backup the pressure tactics used by the Govt on CIL. It had obtained an official letter under the Right to Information Act

TRACKING THE MSCI INDEX - WHIFF OF FII PREFERENCES?

about 11 years ago

Today, Glenmark hit a new life time high at Rs.1164.20 while Indiabulls Housing Finance is up over 4%. On the other hand, Jindal Steel and Power hit a lifetime low of Rs.62.40. The reason for this massive up and down in these scrips? Glenmark and Indiabulls are to be included to MSCI Global Standard Indexes while Jindal Steel and Power will be deleted from the index. This will be effective closing of 31st August. Market grapevine had it that Britannia might also get

THE FM's SPEECH - COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE REASSURING

about 14 years ago

For the market to react this way to a very pragmatic speech of the Finance Minister, P Chidambaram today was pretty immature. Yes, we have become a nation of One Day matches and have not got the vision and appetite for Test Matches which actually builds real talent.

ARE TAX-FREE BONDS A GOOD BET?

about 13 years ago

The tax free bond issue of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) closes on 11th November and its 15 year (Series 2) bonds were comparable to 12.72% pre-tax return earned on other fixed income instruments, assuming the highest tax bracket of 30.9% for retail individuals

AS THE MARKET ZOOMS, KEEP FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND!

about 10 years ago

Take a look at the stocks which have hit their life time highs today – APL Apollo, Andhra Sugar, Bengal Assam, Dukes Offshore, Dwarkesh Sugar, Everest Kanto, Florence Investec ( part of Singhania group), Indus Ind Bank, India Bulls Housing, Kotak Nifty, KRBL, L&T Finance and many more.

GAAR - MARKETS SAY, "AARGH!"

about 15 years ago

The Mauritius ghost is back to haunt us. And it has a name too - GAAR, an acronym for General Anti-Avoidance Rules. 40% of the foreign investment into India comes from Mauritius thus any change in the rules is sure to have far reaching consequences. And that is also probably

BUDGET FY20 – VERY BIG ON RHETORIC

about 7 years ago

For the first Budget ever by a full time woman Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman was pretty passionate with her speech. She also displayed her linguistic abilities, quoting in Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu and Hindi and maybe a few words of Gujarati. She was so emphatic and “into it,” the speech, punctuated with constant repeats, was an interesting watch.

“PAGING” FOR THE MSCI INDEX

about 8 years ago

On the MSCI India Domestic Index, which was effective 31st May’18, 4 stocks were added – Avenue Supermarkets, Biocon, HDFC Standard Life and Indigo. The deletions are three – IDFC Bank, Power Finance Corp and Vakrangee. This was a semi-annual exercise, done every year in May and November.

TAX FREE BONDS - AS SMASHING AS DANIEL CRAIG?

about 14 years ago

Last year, this time, fixed deposits were the best possible investment option available what with interest rates on the upward spiral and IPO markets drying up completely. This time around, as we end 2012, the IPO markets have woken up and is showing existence of life. And the fixed deposits, well, they are not as good as they seemed

WORRIED ABOUT RISING MARKETS?

about 5 years ago

The Govt, which does always have an eye on the markets also seems to be worried. On Monday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance asked SEBI about the growing role of retail investors in the equity markets and seemed to be worried about its impact on the market functioning.

Return of Capital vs Return on Capital

about 8 years ago

The term return of capital gained significance in finance and especially the lending world (banks, NBFCs) of late, as NPAs started mounting and lenders were forced to concentrated on return of capital (principal loan amount) instead of the return on capital (interest on loans).

KAUN BANEGA BANKER?

about 6 years ago

Who will get the new banking license? That’s probably the only non-Covid related question doing the rounds in India Inc currently. RBI, on 15th April, released names of eight candidates who had applied for this round of ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks and Small Finance Banks. And it was pretty astonishing to see that not a single big corporate house

Dewan Housing stacks up well

about 11 years ago

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFCL) was amongst the top gainers yesterday and today too, the stock is up currently over 4% at Rs.410. Intra day high is at Rs.415.50. Its 52-week high is at Rs.569.70, hit on 4th March’15. The stock is up after foreign fund, Nomura has initiated co ...

Indiabulls Housing slips despite 2nd dividend

about 11 years ago

Shares of Indiabulls Housing Finance are trading down by over a percent at Rs. 672 on the NSE, retreading from its 52 week high price of 682.20, made in opening trade, ahead of result announcement. While company’s operating income grew 1% QoQ to Rs. 1,766 crore, due to rise in finance cost, ...

L&T slumps after yesterday's new high

about 13 years ago

The price movements in L&T have been wild to say the least. The stock had hit a new high on 31st March at Rs.1301, and then yesterday too it hit a new high at Rs.1310 but today, it has slumped into the red, currently down 2% at Rs.1276. Apart from profit booking and its L&T Finance be ...

BPCL and HPCL in the red

about 13 years ago

BPCL and HPCL figure out amongst the top five losers on the BSE. BPCL is currently down almost 3% at Rs.436 while HPCL is down over 2% at Rs.285. Both Govt owned Oil Marketing companies (OMCs) are down on news that the Finance Ministry wants these companies to absorb a much higher share of u ...

Manappuram hits a new high

about 10 years ago

Manappuram Finance is the top gainer on the BSE; hitting a multi-year new high today at Rs.78.40 and it continues to remain firm at Rs.78 levels, up over 9%. The market is extremely happy with the rating agency, Crisil upgrading the rating for the company. On Friday, Crisil announ ...

Delayed cheer for Dewan Housing's 1:1 bonus

about 11 years ago

Wadhwan Group’s home loan arm Dewan Housing Finance is trading up the green, higher by almost 3%, now at Rs. 487, when the broader markets are marginally in the red. Company has announced a 1:1 bonus for its equity shareholders along with good set of Q1FY16 results. However, as soon as the ...

Shriram Transport up over 4%

about 13 years ago

Shriram Transport Finance seems to be on the super highway. The stock is up over 4% at Rs.596, close to its 52-week at Rs.599. Volumes are up over 2 times. The stock is up despite the company posting a not-so-good numbers for Q2FY14. This is one of the largest asset financing NBFC in the cou ...

SBI gains over 2.5%

about 13 years ago

SBI is a smart gainer in the PSU bank sector. The stock opened at Rs.1692 and is currently at Rs.1719.90, up over 2.5%. Its intra day high is at Rs.1727.85. The stock is up on two counts. Firstly, the spurt can be directly linked to the Finance Ministry yesterday stating that it has finalise ...

Tata stocks recalibrate

about 17 days ago

Tata Chemicals and Tata Investment came under pressure today as the market reassessed the earlier Tata Sons listing trade. Tata Chemicals was down 2.92%, Tata Investment fell 2.33%, while Tata Steel slipped 0.71%. These stocks had rallied earlier on expectations

Mannapuram on a new high

about 11 years ago

Mannapuram Finance is the top gainer on the bourses currently, breaching the 20% UC at Rs.50.25, a new 52-week high. Volumes have spiked up over 16.5 times. The market is enthused with the company’s Q4FY16 performance. It posted a very good 87% (YoY) jump in consolidated net profit at ...

PSU stocks steal limelight

about 13 years ago

PSU stocks are currently the movers and shakers on the bourses. The top gainers on the BSE are all PSUs, led by REC, Power Finance and other gainers like – Hind Copper, Indian Bank, Shipping Corp, Coal India, RCF, BEML, Engineers India, even HMT. Apart from the fact PSU stocks have bee ...

Shriram Transport on good roads

about 13 years ago

Shriram Transport Finance opened for trade today morning with a gap on the upper side of over Rs.20, hitting an intra day high of Rs.754. Though it has come of f these levels, it remains strongly in the green, over 1.5%. This stock and the other Shriram group stocks, all in the green followi ...

Shriram Trans Fin reacts to RBI, positively

about 12 years ago

Shriram Transport Finance is doing very well today morning, up almost 5% higher at Rs.1014, which is in its current intra day high. The stock is reacting positively as it expects to benefit from the new NBFC norm announced by RBI yesterday. As per the new norm, RBI has raised the minimu ...

SKS Micro slumps on disappointment

about 11 years ago

There was a lot of illogical build up on the counter of SKS Microfinance over the past few days on hopes that it may get a banking license. We say illogical because the memory of its troubled past as a micro finance company is yet to be completely erased. Our Editor, Mr.SP Tulsian has been very c ...

IDBI Bank hits a new high

about 11 years ago

IDBI Bank has hit a new 52-week high today at Rs.93.85 and the third straight session of consistent gains. The stock is up on unconfirmed news report that the Govt is talking to International Finance Corp (IFC), the World Bank arm, to sell 15% stake in the bank. The Exchanges have sough ...

Gati being 'stored' by investors

about 13 years ago

Gati is seeing some activity today. The stock is up over 2.5% at Rs.128.30, with an intra day high at Rs.130.65. 52-week high stands at Rs.136.40. The stock is up in anticipation as the company lines up plans to sell a minority stake, to help raise funds to finance its expansion plans. The n ...

UCO Bank causes worry

about 12 years ago

UCO Bank is the top loser of the day currently, down almost 8% at Rs.90.70, near its intra day low of Rs.89.75. The stock has tanked today on reports on irregularities in loan sanctions, with the Finance Ministry ordering a forensic audit into its NPAs and loan sanction irregularities. ...

Muthoot Fin in limelight

about 12 years ago

Muthoot Finance is in the limelight today, up almost 2% currently at Rs.193, with an intra day high at Rs.196.75. The stock is buzzing as it announced acquisition of a 30% stake in Asia Asset Finance PlC from Asia Capital PLC, a major shareholder, through Colombo Stock Exchange at a total va ...

Amtek Auto continues to bleed

about 11 years ago

Amtek Auto continues to remain in the deep red. In one month, the stock has wiped off a shocking 80% of its stock price. Currently down 4.5%, institutional investors continue to dump the stock. Last week, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and Swiss Finance Corp sold shares and two mutual funds have sold of ...

Indiabulls Housing crashes

about 11 years ago

Indiabulls Housing Finance is the top loser of the day on the BSE. The stock which has closed on Tuesday at Rs.715.55, opened at Rs.713, going down as low as Rs.590.60. It is current down 12% at Rs.630 levels. Volumes are huge – fro 49,000 shares over two week average to 11 lakh share ...

Deep Inds hits a new high

about 11 years ago

Deep Industries hit a new 52-week high today at Rs.207.70 and currently remains at Rs.204 levels, 5% up. Volumes are pretty robust at around 4 lakh shares. The reason for this sudden spike up in the stock price today is on account of some foreign fund buying. Swiss Finance Corp yesterday bou ...

Muthoot Fin big gainer on 'small bank' news

about 12 years ago

Muthoot Finance is currently the top gainer on the BSE, up almost 6% at Rs.189.55, with a 24 times surge in volumes. Its intra day high stands at Rs.195.40. The stock is buzzing loud and clear today on the back of RBI guidelines for setting up small banks, which will disburse loans to farmer ...

Kwality packs a delicious "KKR" flavour

about 10 years ago

Today morning, before the opening bell, Kwality Ltd, India’s largest private dairy company, announced that it has received capital commitment of upto Rs 520 crore via structured finance from PE Fund, KKR India. The proceeds are to be utilized to fund Capex to further strengthen milk pr ...

Realty stocks in focus

about 9 years ago

RBI yesterday changed the statutes of lending for real estate investment trust (Reits) and infrastructure investment trust (InvIts). It has capped the exposure to 10% of the unit capital of such instruments.

SRF jumps up over 7%

about 10 years ago

SRF is the top gainer on the BSE, going up to Rs.1436.90 intra day, up over 7%. It currently remains firmly in the green, with its 52-week high at Rs.1495.55. Yesterday, the Finance Ministry imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on R-134a, an inert gas, imports from China. R- ...

RBI LIKELY TO HOLD RATES TOMORROW

about 11 years ago

At the 2nd June 2015 Credit Policy meet, RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan had very clearly sent out the message - Expect no more rate cuts in this year as this 25 bps today itself is more like a preemptive step to ease supply constraints. That time too, the Governor had placed the onus on the Govt, urging it to get back to policy action, encouraging investment to alleviate medium term supply side bottlenecks. The Governor had said that between 2000 to 2003, monsoon was poor but thanks to proper action from the Govt, inflation remained largely on the leash

'MINORITY' CAN SHOW THE 'MAJORITY' WHO IS IN CHARGE!

about 15 years ago

The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) holds 1.1% stake in PSU, Coal India Ltd (CIL). The Govt is the largest shareholder with a 90% stake. Yet, TCI, the second largest shareholder of CIL, a UK based hedge fund has threatened to sue CIL for bowing down to the sarkar, the Govt, when it comes to pricing.

APRIL IIP - AT LEAST IT IS NOT NEGATIVE!

about 15 years ago

Slow growth is consitently driven by investment collapse. Cutting interest rates is not the sole medicine and is not enough but tseems to be the only step at the moment which can buoy the sentiments to some extent. Those in the market feel like it's a slam dunk decision - that RBI will cut rates. But one has to take a bigger view and look at other macro factors,

IS MONEY COMING TO EMERGING MARKETS?

about 14 years ago

But it is the FIIs who continue with this affair with India, with the infatuation seeming to be intact. They have invested Rs.11,000 crore in the stock market and this is between 1st Oct to 19th Oct. The total FII investment in 2012 till date stands at a jaw dropping Rs.93,444 crore.

NEGATIVE IIP - NOT A POSITIVE WAY TO BEGIN DIWALI

about 14 years ago

The negative IIP can be entirely blamed on the lack of investment in creation of new capacity. Trend of investment continues to remain slow and this is one data, which has remained consistent in all the IIP data. Part of slowdown in the investment cycle is due to higher interest rates and higher costs

'EASE OF DOING BUSINESS' RANKING - INDIA HAS A LOOOOOONG WAY TO GO

about 13 years ago

Every year, the World Bank Group releases a ranking, "The ease of doing business index" and all countries which attract foreign investment are covered. This report compared business regulations for domestic firms in 185 economies.

REALTY - INVASION BY 'FOREIGNERS' PUSHES UP UNREAL PRICES

about 13 years ago

As per the the latest data published by the Australian Govt, Chinese investors spent almost 6 billion Australian dollars (US$5.4 billion) on real estate during the 12-month period ending in June 2013. An HSBC report published in February named Australia as China's No. 1 destination for overseas property. And to follow all this up, Credit Suisse released a report that forecasts a flood of Chinese investment over the next

FII's SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE FOR INDIA

about 12 years ago

As per data put out by SEBI, yesterday, on 8th Sept, FIIs invested Rs.327 crore in equity and Rs.2013 crore, taking the total, investment by FIIs from 1st Sept to 8th Sept at Rs.11,327 crore. As against this, for entire month of August'14, FIIs had put in Rs.17,105 crore - over 66% of entire August's money has come in first 8 trading days of Sept. That's most certainly huge!

BLUE CHIP STOCKS - CHIPS OF THE PAST?

about 12 years ago

There was a time when a father bought shares like ACC, Grasim, TISCO, Tata Motors and the likes; portfolio was all Tata and Birla companies. But this basically comprised the 'blue chip' stocks which the father hoped to use as an investment to use when his child wants to get married

KISAN VIKAS PATRA - TO INVEST OR NOT TO INVEST?

about 12 years ago

The KVP tool was stopped from 30th November 2011and many bemoaned the stoppage of this three decades old small-savings investment scheme. It was the only scheme at that time, which promised to double the money in a few year's time - that used to be its main USP. And today the very same KVP has been restarted and its USP remains the same - double your money in 100 months or 8.4 years.

CHANGE OF BASE YEAR - A GOOD MOVE!

about 12 years ago

For most of us ignoramus, the Base year in economic parlance does not mean much; or rather does not mean anything. But today, when we base all our economic data for making important investment decisions, take a calculated risk even on what the RBI could announce, this base rate holds

Life moves on!

about 12 years ago

Last week business news featured some prominent big-ticket acquisition buzz in Corporate India. Be it M&M's likely buy of strategic stake in Pipavav Defence for Rs. 3,000 crore or Sun Pharma founder Dilip Sanghvi's Rs. 4,000 crore investment in wind energy leader Suzlon Energy.

WILL GREECE EXIT THE EUROZONE?

about 12 years ago

Once again, Greece is in news. And once again, it is news about a probable default. Who-will-blink-first kind of negotiations between Greece and the lenders - IMF, Euro banks and the Eurozone countries has once again left the country and market around the world on tenterhooks. Asian markets (barring India) are down and gold, the investment tool for uncertain times is up. The overall perception is that these negotiations are brinksmanship politics and we are sure to hear of a deal coming through in the next few days. And then there is the second thought

DIGITAL INDIA - TO MAKE BHARAT INTO INDIA

about 11 years ago

First 'Make in India' and now 'Digital India'. Modi known for his oratory skills, surely has come up with some great slogans. While skepticism over Make in India remains, this new ambition of Digital India, as expected is grandiose. The aim, apart from connecting the entire country digitally, is to garner more investment in the IT sector, set up more companies and create employment opportunities.

HUMAN STORY OF CHINA's CRASH - SCARIER THAN ECONOMIC PICTURE

about 11 years ago

Unlike India, where FIIs, DIIs and HNIs rule the markets, with retail investors forming just a fraction of the stock market investing population; in China 80% of the investment in stock markets comes from retail investors. And that in a nutshell brings us to the moot point of this story - the human element of the crash.

NDL Ventures UC at new high

about 8 months ago

The stock was locked in thle 20% upper circuit and a new 52-week new high at Rs 117.60 on the BSE in morning trade, as investors reacted to a key regulatory approval tied to its proposed merger with Hinduja Leyland Finance Ltd.

HOTEL STOCKS - IT'S THE TIME TO DISCO!!

about 11 years ago

And today, one of the reasons why all hotel stocks are up in the green after such a long time could also be attributable to the optimism shown by Goldman Sachs. Yesterday, it has invested Rs.440 crore for a significant minority stake in Indian hotel investment and development firm Samhi Hotels which currently

LIC - PERSONAL PIGGY BANK OF GOVT?

about 11 years ago

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is one of the best managed organisations of India. Consistently profit making, it has proven time and again that it has probably got the investment acumen than all the FIIs and all investment analysts put together. Yet, there is now a worry creeping up slowly. Looking at the way in which LIC is now being made to pick up the tab everywhere, be it the railway or roads, and not to mention its stake in PSU banks, one cannot help wonder if LIC will soon be forced to go the Air India or HMT way. It is probably

CHANGE OF BASE YEAR – MAKES MACRO DATA LOOK SO GOOD!

about 10 years ago

For most of us ignoramus, the Base year in economic parlance does not mean much; or rather does not mean anything. But today, when we base all our economic data for making important investment decisions, take a calculated risk even on what the RBI could announce, this base rate holds tremendous significance.

INDIANS BECOMING “GLOBAL” REALTORS!

about 9 years ago

In 2015, RBI relaxed some norms for withdrawals while travelling abroad. As per the new rule, RBI doubled the annual overseas investment ceiling. This means Indian families can take up to $250,000 of money per family member, amounting to $1 million per year for a family of four. That means $2 million in two years. And we are seeing the effect of this now in the global property market.

ARE RATING AGENCIES ‘JUNK’ TOO?

about 8 years ago

Within 45 days, rating agencies downgraded IL&FS from an investment grade to junk! And it ignored loud and blaring warning signals like the highly leveraged balance sheet which was in front of it for over a year, its inability to raise capital, struggling finances. How come all these signs were completely missed by the rating agencies and what it looked only at was the delay in interest payment?

PRICING OF MEDICINES – HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?

about 8 years ago

But it really brings the question back to the fore – how much profit should a drug company make? Given the kind of investment drug companies make in inventing new drugs and patenting, they do deserve a profit. But how much? Is it ethical to squeeze needy patients for as much as it wants?

AS GROWTH SLOWS, FDIs TO THE RESCUE, AGAIN!

about 7 years ago

After the roll backs on Friday and RBI surplus transfer, there was another shot in the arm yesterday late evening. The Govt’s favourite go-to to boost the economy, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) got further liberalized.

TO SIP OR NOT TO SIP?

about 7 years ago

Naresh is an advertising executive. At the beginning of the year, he received a pay hike when he least expected it. He was happy and decided to open a systematic investment plan (SIP) with a well know fund house. And then the virus hit the world.

SEBI INITIATES ‘SAMUDRA MANTHAN!’

about 6 years ago

There was a lot of food for thought over the weekend for all associated with the stock markets. SEBI decided to keep everyone busy! SEBI increased the minimum investment threshold in equity and equity-related instruments held by mutual funds. It mandated that at least 25% of the fund’s corpus should be put in large-caps, mid-caps and small-caps each.

JOURNALISM – WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT?

about 6 years ago

For the first time ever, SEBI yesterday made eyebrows go high up and even left some mouths gaping open when it restrained host of TV channel, CNBC-Awaaz from buying, selling or dealing in the securities market. He has been directed not to give any investment advice or stock recommendations till further directions.

ALL FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE!

about 6 years ago

This was a tax imposed without any justification. More importantly, it undermined the environment of legal certainty, the core of any investment decision into India. A retrospective tax is indeed tax terrorism.

Moody’s and its moods!!!

about 5 years ago

Last year, Moody’s downgraded India’s sovereign rating from ‘Baa2’ to ‘Baa3’, the lowest investment grade. Did that really impact us? Jio has got foreign investment even in these dark times; what does that mean? If there is an opportunity, companies will come calling.

TU TU MAIN MAIN - ALL OVER BHARAT

about 5 years ago

Interestingly, while Kotak refused funding to Grover for Nykaa, it did provide funds to Suhail Sameer, CEO of BharatPe. This is what makes one wonder what happened between the two at the last moment? Why did things go so sour? Grover is an ex-Kotak employee. His LinkedIn profile shows that he was VP Investment Banking of Kotak from 2006 to 2013. Even after leaving Kotak, he chose Kotak for managing his personal wealth.

General Insurance Corp

about 9 years ago

Verdict :A ‘Good Investment Choice’
Subscription Start Date :11 Oct 2017 End Date :13 Oct 2017
Issue Size : 11,176 crore, Issue Type : Fresh cum OFS
Price Band : Rs.855 to Rs. 912
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Overall Subscription : 1.37x
QIB : 2.25x,HNI :0.22x,Retail :0.6x,Other :1.01x
Listing Date : 25 Oct 2017, , Listing Price : 850

SFBs under pressure

about 8 months ago

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank fell 4% to Rs. 14.25, while Equitas SFB (Rs. 64.34) and Jana SFB (Rs. 360.10) were down about 2.5% each. Ujjivan SFB slipped 1.3% to Rs. 60.76, and AU SFB declined 1.2% to Rs. 961, as the selling spread across lenders

REC and PFC jump 4%

about 9 months ago

The FM proposed a restructuring of the organisations, with the stated objective of improving efficiency and strengthening power-sector financing. The move triggered buying interest across power finance names as investors positioned

Jaypee Infra tanks on Q1 loss

about 10 years ago

From a profit in Q1FY16, Jaypee Infratech posted a net loss of Rs.36 crore for Q1FY17 – a huge jump up in costs, up from Rs.258 crore to Rs.957 crore and then the finance cost of Rs.193 crore pushed the company into the red. The market is as such disenchanted with the Jaypee group as o ...

Realty stocks build up

about 8 years ago

Realty and housing finance companies are ruling the roost today morning. The top five gainers on the BSE is led by Prestige, followed by Oberoi Realty

Repco Home in the red

about 10 years ago

South India based Home loan provider Repco Home Finance is down 6%, at Rs. 775, this Monday morning on news of CBI conducting search in the premises of the company at Chennai and Coimbatore. CBI has filed a case of corruption, cheating and conspiracy against the company’s MD ...

Logically, all logistic stocks up!

about 10 years ago

Today, the GST Council, headed by the Finance Minister will be meeting the Commerce ministry and various industry representatives and the objective is to debate and look ahead at the probable hurdles it could face, in terms of implementation. The two-day GST Council among other things will delibe ...

Manapuram and Muthoot slip

about 10 years ago

Muthoot Financial and Manappuram Finance are the top losers on the BSE, with both the stocks down almost 4%. Intra day, Muthoot fell over 7% while Manappuram declined over 5%.

RBL Bank hits a record high

about 10 years ago

The stock price shot through the roof after it announced opening of its IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) here.

AU Bank has spectacular listing

about 9 years ago

The new listing today is of AU Small Finance Bank and after the fantastic response to its IPO, which was subscribed by an overwhelming 53.60 times was expected to get listed over Rs.400 v/s its IPO price of Rs.358, given the activity in the grey markets

Repco Home comes down

about 9 years ago

Repco Home Finance, which provides home finance mainly in South India, is currently the top loser on the BSE, down 9% at Rs.696.70.

Thomas Cook shines bright

about 9 years ago

IFCI surged over 5% to Rs.25 levels, with Thomas Cook going on to hit a new 52-week high at Rs.255.95. Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) too hit a new high at Rs.129.

Reliance Home Finnace hits 5% UC

about 9 years ago

Reliance Home Finance was the new listing on the exchanges today. The stock price opened at Rs.104 and within minutes, surged 5%, hitting the UC at Rs.109.20.

Repco Home remains top gainer

about 9 years ago

Since the opening bell, Repco Home Finance is the top gainer on the BSE. From yesterday’s close of Rs.590.70, the stock opened high at Rs.609, going up over 13.5% to Rs.670.85. Its 52-week high is at Rs.923.

GIC Housing jumps over 7%

about 9 years ago

GIC Housing Finance is amongst the top five gainers on the BSE since opening bell. The stock price surged over 7% to Rs.435.25 and is now hovering around Rs.427 levels.

NBFCs nervousness continues

about 8 years ago

NBFCs continue to remain in the deep red. Muthoot Finance slipped almost 7% to Rs.428; LIC Housing Finance is down 3.5% at Rs.422.30

Shriram Transport jumps over 4%

about 8 years ago

Shriram Transport Finance is doing pretty well today; the most trending company in news and social media currently. The stock price rose over 4.2% to Rs.1124.85

Tata stocks in limelight

about 5 years ago

The top five gainers on the BSE, all of them are Tata companies only – the top is Tata Motors DVR, followed by Tata Motors, Tata Chemicals, Tata Investment and Tata Power,

Realty stocks in limelight

about 8 years ago

Realty stocks are having a good run on the bourses today morning and the top gainer, figuring in the top five gainers on the BSE is housing finance company, HUDCO.

Stcoks to benefit

about 9 months ago

China’s Ministry of Finance has announced it will remove VAT export rebates on 249 products (including solar cells) from April 1, 2026, and cut VAT export rebates on certain battery-related goods to 6% from 9%

PNB Housing crumbles

about 8 years ago

PNB Housing Finance is down in the red today, going down 5.5% to Rs.717.15. It has recovered a bit from this intra day low but stays firmly in the red.

Indiabulls Housing falls 10%

about 7 years ago

Indiabulls Housing Finance opened with a loss of 3.5% at Rs.700 and went down 10% to Rs.672. Currently there are only offers, no bidders on the counter.

Gruh Fin hurts as 'bandhan' snaps

about 7 years ago

Gruh Finance is among the top five losers on the BSE since opening bell. It opened at Rs.293, a loss of 5% and went on to hit an intra day low at Rs.285.30

Shriram Trans drops 6.5%

about 7 years ago

Shriram Transport Finance opened today morning with a fall of over 5.5% at Rs.1020 and went on to hit an intraday low at Rs.1011, down over 6.5%.

Reliance Home falls 7.5%

about 7 years ago

Reliance Home Finance has been losing for the last 2 days and has fallen 13% during this period. The stock is down almost 7.5% at Rs.10.98

Ujjivan Small has bumper listing

about 7 years ago

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has made a fantastic debut today morning. As against the IPO price of Rs.37, it got listed on the BSE at Rs.58, going up to Rs.62.80.

DHFL at 5% UC

about 7 years ago

Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), which is among the top five gainers on the BSE is locked at its 5% UC of Rs.15.80.

PNB Housing among losers

about 7 years ago

PNB Housing Finance is among the top three losers on the BSE since morning. The stock lost over 12% to hit an intraday low at Rs.476.80;

Housing fin stocks cheer

about 6 years ago

Post the RBI policy, it is the housing finance companies which are dominating the gainers list on the BSE. LIC Housing, GIC Housing, Repco Home, Can Fin Homes, HDFC

Equitas SFB lists at discount

about 6 years ago

There is a new listing on the bourses today – Equitas Small Finance Bank or Equitas SFB, getting listed at a discount.

Manappuram and Muthoot in red

about 2 years ago

Following this, the market leaders in this field, Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance are down in the red. Muthoot was down 9% at Rs.1510 and Manappuram by 8% at Rs.165.15.

Two new debutants

about 2 years ago

TBO Tek made a great debut on the markets today, listing at a premium of 50% while listing of Aadhar Housing Finance was not very good – listing at Rs.314.50 v/s IPO price of Rs.315.

NBFCs in limelight

about 2 years ago

Following this news, NBFCs are in the green today lead by the likes of Bandhan Bank, CreditAccess Grameen, AU Small Finance Bank and Cholamandalam Investment.

PNB declines over 3%

about 10 months ago

The stock declined up to 3% in early trade today after the lender disclosed a legacy fraud exposure linked to erstwhile promoters of SREI Equipment Finance

Manappuram may get a new shareholder

about 13 years ago

Manappuram Finance is up about 2% at Rs. 15.7 on BSE, after giving up most of the early morning gains, when it opening at a high of Rs. 16.15. It is reported that US based ace PE investor TPG is looking to purchase minority stake in India’s largest gold financing NBFC in addition to acquiri ...

Manappuram Fin hits lower circuit

about 14 years ago

Manappuram Finance is deep in the red today. The stock is down 10% at Rs.15.70, a new 52-week low and it has been frozen on the 10% lower circuit, with over 3.35 lakh sellers on the counter. The stock hit the lower circuit on news that the private equity investors have barred the compa ...

Kajaria Ceramics up in green

about 13 years ago

Kajaria Ceramics is up over 2% today morning at Rs.236, with an intra day high and low at Rs.237.90 and Rs.232 respectively. Volumes remain muted at around 2600 shares. The stock is up on news that foreign fund Swiss Finance Corporation (Mauritius) bought 8.08 lakh shares or 1.1% stake at Rs ...

PRANABDA FOR PRESIDENT. SO WHO WILL BE THE NEW FM?

about 15 years ago

The market was nonchalant about the entire thing, a non-event. And the only thing which could cause some worries to the market, actually, two things, - firstly, if this topples the UPA and a bugle is sounded for midterm polls. And secondly, with Pranab Mukherjee expected to step down as Finance Minister

JULY FOMC MEET - A NON EVENT, UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES!

about 13 years ago

It was a non-event, no firework announcements on QE easing as expected. In fact there had been more action on the Indian bourses - it was an action packed day with the Commerce Minister doing his bit, the finance minister giving us his one year 'report card' and tried to keep hopes intact. RBI also stepped in with some reassuring statements. But it was ultimately Ben Bernanke

OIL SUBSIDY - TOO MANY SLIPS AND FALLS

about 14 years ago

Yesterday, the Finance Minister approved the subsidy compensation for oil marketing companies (OMCs) for Q4FY13 at Rs.45,000 crore. Earlier during the fiscal, cash subsidy of Rs.55,000 crore was given; this means that for FY13, the total subsidy doled out is to the tune of a jaw dropping Rs.100,000 crore or Rs.1 trillion. Upstream OMCs will share a subsidy burden to the tune of Rs.60,000 crore.

HOW IS THE UNION BUDGET PREPARED?

about 14 years ago

This article is more about the machinations which happen behind the scenes and the nuts and bolts which move to make the Budget a reality. A free wheeling, light hearted read so that you can be ready for all the heavy duty grey cell work tomorrow! So do you know how the Budget actually gets made? It is a process in itself and a veil of secrecy shrouds the finance ministry and other Govt offices at North Block right from the beginning of February

BUDGET WILL DO A KAIPO CHE - ON OUR POCKETS!

about 14 years ago

trepidation and no anticipation for anything positive. An able Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram is in place and if left alone, he will do a good job. That is a big "if". With Elections scheduled for 2014, this is probably the only Budget where the Govt will be able to do some good for the economy and the Budget for next year will be all about politics and giving away as much largesse as possible. So there are two view points here;

FM's FISCAL PLAN - MAIN PLAN TO GET RBI TO CUT RATES?

about 14 years ago

Today's Press Conference of the Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, was a damp squib. Purportedly, the meet was to chalk out the fiscal consolidation plan but it was actually more about sending out a message to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - something like,

MTNL rings loud

about 13 years ago

MTNL is ringing loud today morning. The stock, which had closed at Rs.15.35, opened at Rs.15.75 and is currently up almost 4.5% at Rs.16 levels. Volumes are high at 15 lakh shares. The PSU telecom company has zoomed up after the Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Finance Minister P. Chidamb ...

Hedge

about 8 years ago

Hedge or Hedging is an investment strategy which aims to eliminate the risk involved in a portfolio. It is an investment which is inversely correlated to the underlying asset against which it has been transacted.

TRIGGERS ON WHICH MARKETS WILL SWAY AND DANCE

about 13 years ago

First and foremost will be 26th May - we do not know the exact time but that's the day when Modi will be sworn in as the new PM and we will the key Cabinet ministers also being sworn in. There is major speculation about who will get what. Currently the finance minister is a tough choice between Arun Jaitley and Arun Shourie. In fact Shourie is being tipped for Commerce and Industry too. Sushama Swaraj is said to be keen for

Portfolio

about 8 years ago

Portfolio or Investment Portfolio refers to the combination of financial assets like stocks, bonds, derivatives, debentures, mutual funds, bullion, property titles, fixed income instruments and cash.

Risk Reward Ratio

about 8 years ago

Investors compare the expected returns from an investment to the amount of risk involved to generate these returns in the form of risk-reward ratio.

Short Position

about 8 years ago

Short positions are investment strategies in which an investor sells borrowed stocks in the open market with a view to earn profit. This type of position is built up by a trader usually when he/she expects the stock price to drop.

FISCAL TO CHANGE FROM APRIL-MARCH TO JAN-DEC?

about 10 years ago

News of another new change is doing the rounds - change in the fiscal year. Whoa!! That's big news and big change. We currently have the 1st April to 31st March as the fiscal year ending. The Finance Ministry has set up a committee under Shankar Acharya, a former Chief Economic Adviser to the Finance Ministry, to examine the desirability and the feasibility of a new financial year.

Are funds shifting from Glenmark Pharma to Glenmark Life?

about 5 years ago

There are cues supporting it. HSBC Global Investment Funds, a FPI, holding 1.3% stake in Glenmark Pharma as of 30.6.21, was an anchor investor in Glenmark Life’s IPO for 3.6% stake.

Grey Market game - Operator play

about 6 years ago

Never take investment calls on an IPO, based on Grey market premium.

TAX FREE BONDS - THE 'BEST' FLAVOR OF THE SEASON!

about 13 years ago

And exactly like last year, this time too, PSUs continue to take the lead in issuing tax free bonds. The 'season' was flagged off by two offers - National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC). As per data put out by SEBI, public issue of NCDs and tax-free bonds, till end of Feb'14 mobilised Rs.33,842 crore - this is almost double the money collected in FY13. Tax-free bonds offered by IRFC, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and NHAI

ECONOMIC SURVEY FY15 - SETS THE ROADMAP FOR BUDGET FY16

about 12 years ago

The Economic Survey has been tabled today, following the tradition of presenting this important financial document a day before the Union Budget. This document is basically an annual statement which is put together by the Finance Ministry of India, showcasing the economic development during the course of the year.

Sandur Manganese hits new high

about 13 years ago

In a market streaked in deep red, Sandur Manganese seems to be holding its steed. The stock is up almost 10.5% at Rs.554 and this is after having hit a new 52-week high at Rs.578.90. Its market cap stands at Rs.484 crore. The stock has hit a high on unconfirmed news, through an investment ba ...