Instanex Skindia DR Index tumbles by 77 pts

MUMBAI, Jan 31: The Instanex Skindia DR Index tumbled by 77.00 points or 2.41 per cent to 3,123.24 on January 30 from 3,200.24 previously.......more'

MOIL to invest Rs 350 cr to raise prod capacity to 1.5 mn ton

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Manganese Ore India limited will invest about Rs 350 crore during the ongoing Eleventh Plan period to ramp up ......more

Economy surges on manufacturing to grow by 9.6 pc in 2006-07

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Recording another year of impressive performance, the ........more

Maruti Suzuki to hike
prices of all the models

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki Ltd is likely to hike prices across all models by Rs 2,000- 12,000."This comes in the backdrop of increaseing input costs which has been affecting its margin," revealed .....more

IOC Q3 net up 16.7 pc

MUMBAI, Jan 31: State-run Indian Oil Corp today posted a 16.7 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 2,090.69 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 1,791.37 .....more

Cardamom up
on poor arrival

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Prices of cardamom small varieties rose in the range of Rs 10-20 in the wholesale kirana market today .......more

Kapas, cucud futures
fall on steady global
cotton market

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Futures prices of kapas (seed cotton) and cucud (raw cotton) today fell for the third consecutive day at NCDEX and MCX following sluggish ......more

Makemytrip launches
holiday package

CHENNAI, Jan 31: Travel portal, Makemytrip.Com has announced a 'special holiday package' for destinations in Europe, Australia and the United States, under which only half of the cost needs to be paid in advance.The rest of the package cost can be paid by the .....more

     
     

Govt to allot telecom licences in next two weeks....

Reliance Communications' Dec quarter net up 48.50 pc...

Dry dates prices move up on better offtake...........

Bangalore, Mysore freight rates up.........

Instanex Skindia DR Index tumbles by 77 pts

MUMBAI, Jan 31: The Instanex Skindia DR Index tumbled by 77.00 points or 2.41 per cent to 3,123.24 on January 30 from 3,200.24 previously.

The P/E Ratio also dropped to 27.62 from 28.29, Instanex Capital release said here today.

Following are the GDR and ADR rates for January 30 in US dollars with differences in percentage from the previous level given in brackets.

Bajaj Auto(GDR) 57.57 (-3.24)

Dr Reddy (ADR) 13.92 (-1.76)

HDFC Bank (ADR) 117.31 (-1.68)

Hindalco (GDR) 4.40 (+2.33)

ICICI Bank (ADR) 61.56 (-1.12)

Infosys Tech (ADR) 39.90 (-0.77)

ITC (GDR) 5.10 (+0.99)

L&T (GDR) 93.50 (-4.89)

MTNL (ADR) 6.89 (+0.29)

Ranbaxy Labs (GDR) 8.90 (+2.34)

Reliance (GDR) 124.10 (-5.32)

Satyam Comp (ADR) 24.44 (-2.63)

SBI (GDR) 115.75 (-3.02)

VSNL (ADR) 25.27 (-3.03)

Wipro (ADR) 11.99 (+0.84) (PTI)

MOIL to invest Rs 350 cr to raise prod
capacity to 1.5 mn ton

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Manganese Ore India limited will invest about Rs 350 crore during the ongoing Eleventh Plan period to ramp up its production capacity to 15 lakh tons in the next five years, its top official said today.

"We will invest about Rs 350 crore during the 11th Plan period to increase our production to 15 lakh tons and will strive to become a Rs 1,500 crore company by 2010," Manganese Ore India limited (MOIL) Chairman and Managing Director K L Mehrotra said here.

The company, which enjoys Miniratna-1 status and has registered Profit Before Tax of Rs 311.12 crore during April to December this year, today paid a dividend of Rs 29.69 crore to the government which holds 81.57 per cent shares in it.

MOIL achieved a turnover of Rs Rs 491.90 crore during April-December this year against Rs 294.63 crore in the same period previous year.

Its Profit After Tax shot up by 156 per cent to Rs 205.50 crore during this period against Rs 80.18 crore in the same period previous year.

The PSU is executing various capacity-expansion projects simultaneously, including a 5-MW wind farm in Madhya Pradesh and a five-lakh ton beneficiation plant at Balaghat.

Besides, it has tied up with SAIL to produce ferro-alloys at the steel giant's Bhilai plant at a capital outlay of Rs 225 crore.

The joint venture company alongwith SAIL would be incorporated with a debt-equity ratio of 1:1, Mehrotra said.

Besides, MOIL was also planning to set up a sintering plant at Balaghat at a cost of Rs 18 crore.

The PSU has earmarked Rs three crore towards corporate social responsibility activities for the current fiscal, he added. (PTI)

Economy surges on manufacturing to
grow by 9.6 pc in 2006-07

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Recording another year of impressive performance, the economy grew by 9.6 per cent during 2006-07, leading to over 14 per cent increase in the per capital income, the government announced today.

The improved growth in the GDP, up from 9.4 per cent in 2005-06, has been achieved due to all around improvement in mining, manufacturing and services sectors, which helped to offset the slower growth in agriculture sector, according to the quick estimates released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).

While agriculture sector grew by 3.8 per cent, down from 6.1 per cent, manufacturing sector recorded 12 per cent growth, which is substantially higher than 9 per cent growth recorded in the previous year.

Likewise, mining and quarrying sector growth also improved from 4.9 per cent to 5.7 per cent, according to quick estimates for national income, consumption, expenditure, saving and capital formation.

The impressive showing was also reflected in improvement in per capital income, which increased to Rs 29,642 from Rs 25,956 during 2005-06.

The overall improvement in the performance could also be attributed to an impressive 35.9 per cent growth in capital formation that stood at Rs 14,87,786 crore during 2006-07.

Such higher level of investment was made possible by a significant 34.3 per cent increase in domestic savings that were estimated at Rs 14,41,423 crore during 2006-07 at current prices.

As per the revised figures of GDP released today, the economy grew by 9.6 per cent in 2006-07, against previous estimate of 9.4 per cent.

The GDP growth figures for 2005-06 has also been revised upward from 9 per cent to 9.4 per cent.

In the current financial year, the economy grew by 9.3 per cent in the first quarter and 8.9 per cent in the second quarter.

For 2006-07,the construction sector growth has been revised upward to 12 per cent, against 10.7 per cent estimated earlier.

At constant prices (1999-00), the share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in the GDP stood at 18.5 per cent in 2006-07, down from 19.6 per cent in the previous year.

Meanwhile, the share of manufacturing sector in GDP rose to 15.4 per cent, up from 15.1 per cent during the same period.

The share of financing, insurance and real estate in the GDP also increased to 14.3 per cent in 2006-07, compared to 13.8 per cent in the previous year.

At current prices, share of food items in private final consumption expenditure stood at 36.4 per cent in 2006-07, marginally up from 36.3 per cent in 2005-06.

Meanwhile, share of transport and communication went up to 17.5 per cent from 17.3 per cent during the same period, while share of gross rent, fuel and power consumption declined from 12.6 per cent in 2005-06 to 12 per cent in 2006-07. (PTI)

Maruti Suzuki to hike prices of all the models

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki Ltd is likely to hike prices across all models by Rs 2,000- 12,000.

"This comes in the backdrop of increaseing input costs which has been affecting its margin," revealed an official source.

Maruti Suzuki had released five new models last year, amid increased competition from domestic and foreign carmakers. Maruti accounts for around 50 per cent of all passenger car sales in India, where robust demand is predicted to result in automobile sales tripling to three million units by 2015. (UNI)

IOC Q3 net up 16.7 pc

MUMBAI, Jan 31: State-run Indian Oil Corp today posted a 16.7 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 2,090.69 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 1,791.37 crore in the same period a year ago.

Total income also increased by 15.9 per cent to Rs 65,404.84 crore for the quarter from Rs 56,438.16 crore during the corresponding period last year, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange.(PTI)

Cardamom up on poor arrival

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Prices of cardamom small varieties rose in the range of Rs 10-20 in the wholesale kirana market today due to poor arrival in the face of higher southern region advices.

Cardamom small such as chitridar, colour robin, bold and extra bold closed Rs 500-590, Rs 640-660, Rs 665-685 and Rs 710-720 per kg respectively.

Traders said poor arrival from southern regions and tight stocks position helped the prices go up.

Following were today's quotations (in Rs per quintal):

Ajwain 5,200-7,500 Black pepper common 15,000-15,100 Betelnut (kg) 105-115, cardamom brown Jhundiwali)16,400-16,500 and cardamom brown (Kanchicut) 18,000-21,000.

Cardamom small (kg): Chitridar 500-590, cardamom (colour robin) 640-660, cardamom bold 665-685, cardamom extra (bold) 710-720 and cloves (kg) 290-305.

Chirounji (new) (kg) 165-200

Dry mango 4,500-22,000

Dhania 4,300-7,000

Dry ginger 7,400-10,000

Kalaunji 7,500-8,000

Mace-Red (kg) 480-500

Mace-Yellow (kg) 460-465

Methiseed 3,500-4,000

Makhana (per kg) 175-220

Nutmeg 270-290

Poppyseed (KG Turkey) 395

Poppseed (KG MP-RAJ) 395-425

Poppyseed (KG U.P.) 350-365

Red chillies 2,700-7,000

Soya bari pariwar (20 kg) 350-400

Saffron (kg) Irani 105000-107000

Saffron (kg) Kashmiri 124000-132000

Soanf 4,400-11,000

Turmeric 3,200-4,500

Tamarind 8,00-1,200

Tamarind without seed 2,000-3,500

Tea (kg) 65-120

Watermelon kernel 8,300-8,400

Jeera common 10,300-10,700

Jeera dollar 10,600-10,700. (PTI)

Kapas, cucud futures fall on steady global cotton market

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Futures prices of kapas (seed cotton) and cucud (raw cotton) today fell for the third consecutive day at NCDEX and MCX following sluggish demand in domestic market, analysts said.

"The domestic demand has slid on account of steady global cotton market, which has kept exporters and traders away from buying here," Religare Commodities analyst Abhay Lakwa told PTI.

Arrivals of kapas are strong, with a supply of about one lakh bales to the market daily. Despite good supply, stockists are apprehensive because of the higher prices, he said.

Currently, buyers are waiting for further fall in prices so that they can go for fresh buying, he added.

Karvy Comtrade analyst Chowda Reddy said that prices of both kapas and cucud may experience correction in the near-term.

"Prices are likely to take further correction in near-term although long-term sentiments are strong," he said, adding that steady global cotton prices may affect the sentiments in domestic market.

At NCDEX, March contract of kapas fell by 0.79 per cent at Rs 492 per 20 kg while cucud prices were down 1.28 per cent at Rs 408 per 50 kg at 1600 hours.

April delivery of kapas at MCX fell by 0.65 per cent at Rs 475 per 20 kg and kapas khali slid 0.76 per cent at 406.90 per 50 kg. (PTI)

Makemytrip launches holiday package

CHENNAI, Jan 31: Travel portal, Makemytrip.Com has announced a 'special holiday package' for destinations in Europe, Australia and the United States, under which only half of the cost needs to be paid in advance.

The rest of the package cost can be paid by the customer after his return, a statement from the company said.

Makemytrip co-founder Keyur Joshi said: "we have extended a first-ever guarantee to customers under which we are willing to receive upfront payment for only 50 per cent of the package cost, and the rest after the traveller returns from a satisfactory holiday. We are supporting this with campaign - 'humne toda vaada to pay only aadha'(if the promise is not kept, pay only half)".

Makemytrip has sold over 7,500 packages to international destinations since April 2007, the statement said. (PTI)

Govt to allot telecom licences in next two weeks....

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: The Government today said that in the next two weeks telecom licences would be issued to all nine firms that were given Letter of Intent on January 10.

Solicitor General of India Goolam E Vahanvati appearing for the Department of Telecom (DoT) today informed the sectoral tribunal TDSAT that on January 10 the government had issued 121 LoIs, of which 120 have already complied with its terms and conditions.

However, the DoT said spectrum would be alloted only after the issuance of licences.

"As such, the question of allocation of spectrum in these cases would arise only after the issuance of licences," said the government in the note submitted to the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.

Government's reply came while TDSAT was hearing a case filed by BK Modi-controlled Spice Communications. Spice has challenged DoT's rejection of an application by the telecom operator, in which it sought a pan-India licence, on the ground of networth.

Spice, which operates in Punjab and Karnataka, was alloted LoIs for four additional circles by the DoT.

TDSAT Chairman Justice Arun Kumar has listed the matter for next hearing on February 12. (PTI)

Reliance Communications' Dec quarter net up 48.50 pc...

MUMBAI, Jan 31: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications today posted a 48.50 per cent increase in profit after tax at Rs 1,372.83 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, against Rs 924.45 crore in the year-ago period.

The total income of the group rose 29.80 per cent to Rs 4,874.20 crore for the quarter under review, compared to Rs 3,755.30 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The standalone profit after tax of the firm fell nearly two-fold to Rs 436.48 crore for the latest quarter, against Rs 771.04 crore in the same period last year.

However, total income of the RCom increased to Rs 3,410.82 crore for the reviewed quarter from Rs 3,044.49 crore in the same quarter in 2006, up 12 per cent.

Shares of the firm closed at Rs 601.95, down 1.70 per cent on the BSE. (PTI)

Dry dates prices move up on better offtake...........

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Prices of dry dates shot up by Rs 100-200 a quintal in the local dry fruits market today on better offtake by retailers.

Marketmen said increased offtake by retailers against restricted arrival helped dry dates prices to go up.

However, other prices moved in a narrow range on alternate bouts of buying or selling and settled around previous levels.

Dry dates red moved up by Rs 100-200 at Rs 2500-6000 a quintal.

Following were today's quotations per 40 kg bag: Almond (California) new 8,400 Almond (gurbandi) 5,300 Almond (girdhi) 3,400, Almond kernel (California) 295-296 Almond kernel (gurbandi) (kg) 300-350 and Abjosh Afghani 5,500-12,000.

Chilgoza raw-new (1 kg) 390

chilgoza (roasted) (1 kg) 750

cashew kernel 1 kg (no 180) 440-450

cashew kernel (no 210) 385-390

cashew kernel no.(240) 320-325

cashew kernel (no 320) 280-285

cashew kernel broken 2 pieces 255-260

cashew kernel broken 4 pieces 245-250

cashew kernel broken 8 pieces 150-220

copra (qtl) 4,450-4,650

coconut powder (25 kg) 1,100-1,900

dry dates red (qtl) 2,500-6,000

fig 3,500-12,000

kishmish kandhari local 5,300-5,500

kishmish kandhari special 11,000-14,000 kiahmish indian yellow 2400-2600

kishmish indian green 2,800-4,500

pistachio Irani 450-470

pistachio Hairati 480-510

pistachio Peshawari 530-570

pistachio dodi (roasted) 275-300

walnut new 110-190

walnut kernel new (1kg) 350-500.(PTI)

Bangalore, Mysore freight rates up.........

NEW DELHI, Jan 31: Freight rates for the nine metric ton payload section for Bangalore and Mysore rose in the local truck transport market today following increased cargo movements coupled with less availability of trucks.

Transporters said adequate cargo movements against less availability of trucks mainly helped Bangalore and Mysore freight rates to move down.

Delhi to Bangalore and Mysore freight rates quoted higher by Rs 1,000 each at Rs 29,000 and Rs 31,000 respectively.

Following were today's freight rates in Rs per truck load of nine metric ton:

Ahmedabad 10,000 Hyderabad 22,000 Mumbai 17,000 Vijayawada 25,000 Baroda 12,000 Bangalore 29,000 Pune 18,000 Mysore 31,000 Surat 12,000 Pondicherry 34,000 Kanpur 9,000 Coimbatore 37,000 Kolkata 23,000 Chennai 30,000 Ludhiana 8,500 Kochi 41,000 Chandigarh 6,000 Thiruvananthapuram 45,000 Jaipur 4,500 Goa 24,000 Indore 12,000 Gwalior 6,500

Patna 18,000 Guwahati 38,000 (PTI)



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