The biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Vedanta, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC, Tata Motors, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank, rising up to 2.98 per cent.
Within days of announcing that he would step down as the chairman of Bajaj Auto, Rahul Bajaj on Thursday said he expects the family feud with younger brother Shishir to be settled by June this year.
The rupee will be a key determinant for stock markets.
Top corporate managers on Thursday expressed confidence that the Congress-led coalition, in case it forms the government at the Centre, would give a fillip to economic reforms.
Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd, has been conferred with the Alumni Achievement Award by the Harvard Business School from where he obtained his MBA degree in 1964.
Bajaj Auto Ltd is foraying into commercial four-wheelers segment by launching small trucks in the next three-year period. The company is also planning to set up an assembly line for two-wheelers in Indonesia in a joint venture with a local company.
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Bajaj Auto's race to grab the numero uno position in the premium bike segment is going to be tough as Yamaha Motor India is gearing up for launches in April 2007.
With rains once again lashing Mumbai, the Sensex opened weak and is now down 20 points at 7616. Nifty is down 8 points at 2304.
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On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors bought Rs 446 crore worth of domestic stocks on Thursday and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 49.68 crore, provisional data available with BSE suggested.
After ruling the Indian scooter scenario for a long period, Kinetic Motors is changing gears. It now wants to foray into the much-hyped and highly competitive motorcycles segment.
Budget expectations and the subsequent fall in purchases resulted in a 4.23 per cent drop in passenger car sales during February, 2005
The markets opened firm with tech, bank and pharma scrips making steady gains.
Passenger car sales saw a modest single digit growth in the domestic market in January 2005 at 8.17 per cent even as motorcycles continued their strong run, witnessing a 22.8 per cent jump fuelled by higher demand for Hero Honda and Bajaj Auto bikes.
Bajaj Auto Ltd would spend Rs 150 crore for new products and capacity expansion, enabling it to surpass the 10-12% two-wheeler industry sales growth expected this year and set up an assembly plant in Indonesia, a top company official said.
India Inc on Tuesday welcomed the Centre's move to scrap the controversial Press Note 18 and said that it was an "irritant" which has been removed.
TCS and Infosys were the top losers in the Sensex pack, falling up to 3.39 per cent.
Check out some of the stocks that will react on the basis of their numbers in the near term.
Bajaj Auto's Rahul Bajaj, Sunil Mittal of Bharti and Oil and Natural Gas Corp's Subir Raha are among the 20 finalists announced by Ernst and Young for the E&Y Entreprenuer of the Year award.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
Late selling in the market saw the Sensex close seven points lower at 9,374.
The Sensex opened with a smart positive gap of 17 points, and thereafter did not bother to look back.
Some sectors like aviation, hospitality, travel and tourism, and automobile have witnessed zero cash flow since the lockdown began.
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