As of now, the custom duty on gold is 10 per cent.
Move aimed at boosting retail investor participation in disinvestment.
With prices unlikely to run up sharply, genuine buyers can start readying deals before the festival season starts.
With the Union Budget over, it is a good time to start the rebalancing exercise. Take cues from last year's market performance
Stocks such as NIIT, Punj Lloyd, Gati, Welspun India and BEML are favourites of the trading community.
Though India has been one of the best-performing markets in the last two months, it has lagged some of its emerging market peers such as the Philippines, Thailand and South Africa.
Because of local and global problems, inflation pressures may continue, helping these schemes perform better.
In front-running case, some fund houses have settled with Sebi and paid the amount lost to trustees.
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Firms with low promoter holding may get to buy shares from secondary market.
Sebi's suggestions are good but investors should not become overconfident.
Without proper files, approaching the court isn't quite helpful.
Equity markets are currently difficult to gauge as the market has probably priced in a lot of things ahead of actual events.
Having successfully implemented the 25 per cent free-float norm for private companies, the Securities and Exchange Board of India now wants the government to pare its holdings in public-sector undertakings to below 75 per cent.
Instead of being carried away by Friday's historic election verdict, savvy investors were seen taking money off the table, after the benchmark Sensex rallied about 1,500 points in intra-day trade.
Sensex gains 2.4%, Nifty crosses 7,000; investors feel exit polls have vindicated their stand
Current FDI norms allow a foreign airline to hold up to 49 per cent in a domestic carrier.
Could address the concerns over Companies Act provision on the issue
Financial advisors say, not to get carried away by stocks that promise high returns in short time.
Institutional investors - both foreign and domestic - lapped up the government's big-ticket share sales on Friday, helping it add nearly Rs 9,000 crore to its revenue kitty.
Sources said many individual investors were interested in applying for the NFO, due to additional benefits being offered such as upfront discounts and loyalty bonuses.
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