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Indian markets open in red, Sensex down by over 200 points

The Indian stock markets had a weak opening this morning. The Asian markets are trading mixed. Nifty is down 0.68% while Sensex is down 1.23%. Selling is evident largely in largecap stocks.

The Sensex opened at 17,541.17 and is currently at 17,548.43 down by 218.20  points or 1.23%. The Midcap Index is down 1.13% while the Smallcap index is down 0.81%

Selling pressure is seen across all the sectors and heavily in Consumer Goods, Realty and Power sectors. IT too had a weak opening.

Infosys is down by 1.77%, Satyam down 2.04%, TCS and Wipro are marginally down.

Bank of Baroda and Oriental Bank are down over 2% while ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank are marginally down. Reliance group stocks Reliance Petrol, Reliance Industries and Reliance Energy top the volume charts followed by L&T, Infosys and ICICI Bank.

Midcap gainers so far include Chennai Petro, Shree Cement, GE Shipping, Tata Chemicals, Bajaj Hindustan amongst others. Midcap losers include HCC, Ansal Infra, Lanco Infra, Praj Industries amongst others.

1 U.S. dollar = 39.7124816 Indian rupees

10:15 AM IST

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UTI SPrEAD Fund announces 8% dividend

UTI SPrEAD Fund from UTI Mutual Fund announced a dividend of 8%. This is the first dividend announcement from the fund scheme.

The scheme’s inception date is 22 June 2006 and comes into Open Ended Equity Oriented Scheme category. Mr. Harsha Upadhyaya is the fund manager of the scheme.

The objectives of the scheme are: “The investment objective of the scheme is to provide capital appreciation and dividend distribution through arbitrage opportunities arising out of price differences between the cash and derivative market by investing predominantly in equity & equity related securities, derivatives and the balance portion in debt securities. However, there can be no assurance that the investment objective of the scheme will be realised.”

The Asset Allocaiton of the scheme is as follows: ”     Equity: 65-90%, derivatives 65-90%, money market & debt instruments 10-35%”

UTI SPrEAD Fund has Rs. 429.51 Crores as AUM (as of Jan 31, 2008). Its NAV is 11.478 (as of Feb 14, 2008)

Top holdings of the fund include Vijaya Bank, Allahabad Bank, Axis Bank, Sesa Goa and Union Bank of India.

The minimum investment in the scheme is Rs. 5000. There is no entry load into the scheme. Exit Load is 0.75% For < Rs.2 Crores; 0.50% For > = Rs.2 Crores (Effective from 15-Nov-2005). M/s. Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd. is the Registrar for this fund.

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Mutual Fund Draft Offer Documents - February 15, 2008

HDFC Mutual Fund
HDFC FMP 18M January 2008
HDFC FMP 90D January 2008
HDFC Infrastructure Fund

JM Financial Mutual Fund
JM Core 11 Fund - Series 1
JM Interval Fund - Quarterly plan 4 (JM QIF - 4)
JM Interval Fund - Quarterly plan 5 (JM QIF - 5)
JM Interval Fund - Quarterly plan 6 (JM QIF - 6)
JM Tax Gain Fund

Lotus India Mutual Fund
LOTUS INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN -13 MONTHS-SERIES IV
LOTUS INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN -14 MONTHS-SERIES III
LOTUS INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN-375 DAYS-SERIES VII
Lotus India MID N SMALL CAP Fund

Mirae Asset Mutual Fund
Mirae Asset India Opportunities Fund

Tata Mutual Fund
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme A - Institutional Plan - Growth
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme A - Institutional Plan - Periodic Dividend
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme A - Regular Plan - Growth
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme A - Regular Plan - Periodic Dividend
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme B - Institutional Plan - Growth
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme B - Institutional Plan - Periodic Dividend
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme B - Regular Plan - Growth
Tata Fixed Investment Plan - 1 Scheme B - Regular Plan - Periodic Dividend

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NSE completes its 2003rd Normal Settlement

The Exchange has successfully completed its 2003rd Normal Settlement (Rolling T+2 following SEBI directive) since inception i.e., Settlement Number N – 2008031 on February 14, 2008. The settlement statistics is as follows:           

 

Particulars
Values

 

N – 2008031

Total traded quantity (lakhs)

5156.05

Total traded value (Rs. In Crores)

13782.35

Total value of the settlement (Securities) (Rs. In Crores)

3431.15

Total value of the settlement (Funds) (Rs. In Crores)

1396.77

Shortages for the settlement

0.13%

% of  Delivery ( No. of shares deliverable / No. of shares traded )

19.63%

 

Retail Debt Market have completed its 1277th settlements details of which is as follows:

 

Settlement No.

Traded Value

Settlement Value

 

 

Securities

Funds

D- 2008031

NIL

NIL

NIL

 

 

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Security listed and admitted to dealings - THOMASCOOK

The following security of Thomas Cook (India) Limited shall be listed and admitted to dealings on the Exchange w.e.f. February 18, 2008. Trading shall be in the Normal Market Segment – Compulsory Demat (Rolling Settlement) for all investors.

 

Sr. No.

Symbol

Series

Security Description

ISIN Code

1

THOMASCOOK

P4

1% Cumulative Non-Convertible Redeemable Preference Shares

INE332A04021

 

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