Shares of India's top private steel maker, Tata Steel had recovered from an early 3.3% decrease and was down just 0.71% to Rs 647.90 at 15:01 IST after it signed up an agreement with Australian firm Riversdale to get hold of a 35% stake in its Mozambique coal project.

On Bombay Stock Exchange, 5.11 lakh shares of the scrip were traded on the counter today. In the last three months, the average daily volume of the scrip stood at 8.98 lakh shares.

After recording a growth of 18% in crude steel production in July 2007 over July 2006, JSW Steel was trading up 0.79% to Rs 699.30.

In the meantime, the BSE Sensex was up 221 points to 15,207 chasing recovery in Asian stocks. Asian stocks arose today after a second consecutive session of gains on Wall Street on Thursday, 2 August 2007.

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has declared the result

Jindal Stainless climbed up 4.71% to Rs 162.25 on reporting 62.6% increase in net profit in Q1 June 2007.

The company declared the Q1 results in market hours yesterday, 23 July 2007, when the stock benefited 2.07% up at Rs 154.95.

In early trade, Steel Authority of India was trading nearly flat at Rs 133.10 after it signed up an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Manganese Ore India to form a joint venture to manufacture ferro-manganese and silico-manganese.
During the day, the scrip touched a high of Rs 134 and a low of Rs 132.70. The scrip has had its 52-week high of Rs 149.95 on 28 May 2007 and a 52-week low of Rs 64.25 on 24 July 2006.

In afternoon trade, Suraj Stainless jumped 1.54% to Rs 366.25 after its directors suggested a liberal 2:1 bonus. The company made this declaration during the trading hours.

During the day, the scrip touched an intraday high of Rs 374 and an intraday low of Rs 342.70. There were 2.26 lakh shares for trading on the BSE. During the past one quarter, the scrip has an average daily volume of 18,039. At its existing rate of Rs 366.25, the scrip trades at a PE multiple of 20.80 that is based on its year ended March 2007 EPS of Rs 17.60.