After last Monday's massive fall in the Indian markets, a lot of quality stocks have fallen significantly.
Shares of ITC, Axis Bank and Larsen & Toubro are likely to stay with the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India, which was to be wound up in June.Legal opinion received by the government suggests that SUUTI can exist as long as all investors in one of the schemes floated by the erstwhile Unit Trust of India have not redeemed their investment, sources close to the development said. The value of the shares of the three blue chips was estimated at over Rs 15,000 cr.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
India only has 3.5 million workers undergoing skills courses a year, compared with 90 million in China
Hinting towards a possible takeover of Satyam Computer, engineering major Larsen & Toubro on Friday raised its stake in the beleaguered IT firm to 12 per cent through open market share purchases.
French cement major Lafarge SA, the world's second-largest cement maker, has emerged the frontrunner in the race to acquire the ready-mix concrete business of engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro.
The 13 firms under consideration had nearly a million employees as of March 2018, including contractual and temporary workforce.
Grasim Industries Ltd said it that since Larsen & Toubro Limited is contemplating consideration of the existing proposal before it to demerge its cement business, Grasim should also submit an alternate proposal.
Indian companies led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power (RPower), Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) plan to invest over Rs 100,000 crore in the next five years to expand their presence in the nuclear energy sector after the country signs the nuclear agreement with the US, paving the way for import of fuel and transfer of technology.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
L&T is planning a foray in PE fund in the real estate market with a Rs 4500 crore fund.
Private players are increasingly looking at the defence market which is a promising multi billion-dollar arena.
Old economy companies such as Hero, M&M (Tech Mahindra), Aditya Birla, Essar, Hindujas and Larsen & Toubro have sprung into action with large acquisitions and major deals.
Larsen & Toubro will sell its 11.49 per cent stake in the Aditya Birla Group-owned UltraTech Cement in the open market, after the latter waived its first right of refusal to buy the stake.
The progress of the GST Bill in Parliament is also likely to remain in focus
Lockheed Martin is in talks with Infosys Technologies, Wipro, Reliance Industries, the Tata group, Larsen & Toubro and Hindustan Aeronautics to source software services, components and systems.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The L&T stock, which fell by over 5 per cent in intra-day trades on Monday bounced back towards the end of the session though it was still in the red. The stock has been badly de-rated since the engineering major made it clear that it was a contender for Satyam, picking up a 12 per cent stake in the tech firm. Had L&T won control at the winning bid of Rs 58 per share, the stock may have lost further ground. As it stands, not too much damage has been done.
Two former directors on the Larsen & Toubro board have returned the employee stock option shares to the company following an out-of-court settlement reached this week with two government-owned financial institutions.
L&T will build the ports, operate it for a while and then transfer it to L&T-IDPL. Consequently, the new ports, like shipbuilding, will not sit on L&T's books though it will reap the benefits as the constructor of the projects.L&T is also constructing three airports: the new one coming up in Delhi (as the main contractor, end to end), at Bangalore as a constructor and an equity partner, and at Hyderabad (as the constructor).
The proposed Krishnapatnam ultra mega power project - the third 4,000 Mw project to go under the government's hammer - has attracted just three bids from Sterlite, Reliance Power and Larsen & Toubro, though there were nine qualified bidders for the project.Those who have not bid after expressing an interest include Essar Power, NTPC, Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, China Light and Power (with GMR) Israel Electric Company (with DS Construction) and Tata Power.
In a communication to L&T, the financial institutions on Thursday said they were withdrawing the nominations of Sinha and Deshmukh from the board with immediate effect.
The domestic capital goods industry has been going through a boom for the last five years and appears confident of maintaining the same momentum in the current year.
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
L&T plans to launch as asset management company and has also collaborated with US based Travelers for a non-life insurance venture.
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is planning a capital expenditure of Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) for the financial year 2008-09. The company might raise Rs 500-700 crore (Rs 5-7 billion) through debt, equity or a debt-equity mix in the second half of the financial year.
Coming from a family that has a 140-year history of growing coffee, Siddhartha, 59, initially dabbled in stock trading and wanted to work as an investment banker in Mumbai after completing his Master's in Economics from Mangalore University.
The acquisitions, costing more than $1.6 billion, have helped Holcim corner close to quarter of the country's 189 million-tonne cement market. Lafarge, which entered India in 1999 by acquiring the cement division of Tata Steel and bought out Raymond's cement facility in 2001, has a capacity of only 5.5 million tonnes. Holcim also plans to invest around Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the next five years to set up plants.
The Indian companies, however, invested a much lower $1.59 billion in overseas markets in the previous month May 2014.
Larsen & Toubro is set to invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) in Mysore-based Rangsons Electronics for a 40 per cent stake.
Y M Deosthalee, chief finance officer and a member of Larsen & Toubro's board, said companies accessed the domestic market for capital requirements, which might cost them a little more.
Engineering giant Larsen and Toubro and Aditya Birla group firm Grasim Industries are set to settle their long-standing dispute over the sale of cross-holdings out of court. Both the companies are believed to be in consultation with Chennai-based chartered accountant S Gurumurthy to act as arbitrator.
The UK-based BAE Systems has zeroed in on M&M and is believed to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) after holding talks with at least two other leading corporates -- Tatas and Larsen and Toubro (L&T) for its Indian Land Systems project, sources close to the development said.
The Sensex opened 36 points lower at 15,755, but aggressive buying in Reliance, TCS and Larsen & Toubro saw the index rally to a high of 15,954. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 95 points at 15,695. The NSE Nifty dropped 14 points to close at 4,733. ICICI Bank, Ranbaxy, HDFC Bank, SBI and Infosys, DLF and Cipla, Tata Motors, Wipro and HDFC were major losers. Reliance Energy, L&T, Tata Steel were major gainers. Reliance topped the value chart with turnover of Rs 375 cr.
The Life Insurance Corporation has decided not to nominate any retired employee as a director on the board of the almost 90 companies in which it has equity or loan exposure.
The potential entrants include the Essar Group, Punj Lloyd, Larsen & Toubro, real estate developer Atlanta, Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction and Delhi-based DS Constructions.
You could book partial profits as the markets are roaring ahead and valuations left far behind. But the markets could correct, warns expert Pranav Sanghavi.
The Anchor and Panasonic connection is a blend of legacy and quality and there really is no question of substituting one for the other. Panasonic is banking on Anchor's familiarity and widespread recall, to push its way ahead in the premium, automation-aided home appliances and accessories market.
The Larsen and Toubro employee stock option controversy is becoming a major face-off between the financial institutions and the construction major.
