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Today though it opened flat, it soon dropped over 8% to hit an intraday high at Rs.143.05. Its 10% LC for the day stands at Rs.140.20

For most part of the Budget, it sounded almost like a Congress Budget, except that the speech was longer, Mr.Arun Jaitley took a five minute break and there were so many micro issues in the Budget that one minister was actually caught on TV with a huge yawn! It would be really unfair for us to expect this 6 week old Govt to announce huge Big Bang measures in this Budget.

For most part of the Budget, it sounded almost like a Congress Budget, except that the speech was longer, Mr.Arun Jaitley took a five minute break and there were so many micro issues in the Budget that one minister was actually caught on TV with a huge yawn! It would be really unfair for us to expect this 6 week old Govt to announce huge Big Bang measures in this Budget. Yet, in the short span of time, the Govt did announce a lot of sops.

So if Dewan Housing and IL&FS were responsible for precipitating a sense of panic in the NBFC and housing finance company (HFC) counters, how come despite these two gaining, the NBFCs and HFCs remain in the deep red?

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