Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

LONDON/MUMBAI: Shares of NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources on Friday plunged 5.59 per cent on the London Stock Exchange amid talk that it may acquire a majority stake in the Indian arm of Cairn Energy. In the late afternoon session, the scrip was being traded at 20.61 pounds, down by 5.50 per cent on … Read more

Traders bet on calendar spread as Nifty moves in a tight range

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

MUMBAI: A trading combination involving Nifty options is gaining prominence among savvy trading desks of institutional investors. The strategy, known as calendar spread, where traders simultaneously sell options contracts in the current month and purchase in the next month, is being recommended by brokers to institutional clients, who see sharp moves in Nifty options’ implied … Read more

Seven out of top 10 Asian small-cap funds are Indian

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

Indian funds have grabbed seven out of the top 10 spots in the league table of leading small-cap funds across Asia, thanks to some canny stock-picking amid growing investor appetite for cheap stocks with potential to deliver multi-bagger returns. An analysis of nearly 300 Asian small-cap schemes shows DSP BlackRock Micro Cap Fund leading the … Read more

Inflation reflects growth dynamics in India: Christopher Wood

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

Key note address delivered by Christopher Wood, equity strategist, CLSA, in his first public appearance in India, at the ET Now Market Summit-2010. Excerpts: Hello everybody and thank you for asking me. I will be running through some charts which were still first with the situation in the West. Then I will move on to … Read more

FM must rethink

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

This refers to ‘We withdrew stimulus last year!’ (ET, Mar 4). TT Ram Mohan has rightly suggested that the tax-GDP ratio measures structural improvement. The FM must rethink his medium-term debtto-GDP target. Losing substantial revenues by cutting I-T rates seems odd. If oil breaches $75-80, the FM will have to hike petroproduct prices and borrow … Read more

Amalgamate banks

Vedanta plunges 5.59 per cent on LSE amid talks to buy Cairn stake

This refers to your edit ‘India needs new banks’ (ET, Mar 4). Financial inclusion and financial literacy will be the paramount objective while implementing reforms along with UID project to protect the interests of poor. Modern banking system has lost apersonal touch. Even citizens from semi-urban areas are reluctant to use ATMs. NextGen banking may … Read more