While a scheme allowing short-selling of securities is expected to come into force from July, exchanges and depositories are finalising a mechanism for lending and borrowing of securities, without which the scheme cannot be implemented.
Four years after delisting its shares from the Delhi Stock Exchange, real estate behemoth DLF is knocking at the capital market again selling shares at - hold your breath - 837 times the valuation at which it exited the stock market. Should you buy?
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala of RARE Enterprises, a high-profile investor, talks to Business Standard on the state of the secondary market and the hype around IPOs.
Early onset of monsoon has raised the hopes of rainwear manufacturers. Wholesalers have already started stocking and they expect good demand despite rising prices of rainwear products.
Although rising interest rates threaten to push passenger cars to the middle lane, Maruti Udyog is geared to continue on the fast track with its new car models.
Dinesh Thakkar, MD, Angel Broking, explains in an interview that retail investors' participation in the equity market is falling, but the share of organized players in broking business is increasing.
The department of consumer affairs is planning to put a ceiling on the stake that a single domestic investor can hold in a commodity exchange.
The US-based Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation is planning to pick up 5 per cent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The story began with the BSE board selling 5 per cent of its equity each to Frankfurt-based Deutsche Boerse AG (the world's biggest stock exchange in terms of market capitalisation) and the Singapore Exchange at Rs 5,200 per share.
An interview with Jaykrishna D Pathak, president of the Bombay Yarn Merchants Association & Exchange.
The National Securities and Depository is looking at increasing the number of demat accounts by restructuring its IT infrastructure.
The Indian stock markets started falling from mid-February after reaching an all time high of 14,700-plus.
Indian companies have now started looking at the Singapore Stock Exchange for fund raising and listing. The SGX became a shareholder in the Bombay Stock Exchange last week.
Exchange valued at $600-800 mn.
The Bombay Stock Exchange governing board is meeting over the next couple of days to select a strategic partner.
Nothwithstanding the controversy last year over private procurement of wheat, domestic and multinational companies are getting set for another round of large-scale purchases this rabi season.
Intercontinental Exchange, which trades in energy derivatives, is in talks to buy ICICI Bank's holding in the National Commodities and Derivative Exchange.
Meanwhile, the stamp duty burden on purchase of residential and commercial property throughout Mumbai is all set to increase by 5 to 25 per cent.
The year 2007 will bring in seven developments that can change the domestic capital market. The capital market is all set to look very different from what it is today.
The Securities & Exchange Board of India is considering introducing plea bargain in about a month to trim the large backlog of cases in which it is involved.
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