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Rahul Agarwal, VP, Institutional Sales, LKP Shares stated that today the stock market saw a big improvement of 4.5%. It reflected the worldwide movement and it depressed on the back of a firmer Yen and global disentangling.
Mr. Agarwal anticipates the securities market to rectify further and touch 14,000 level. On Friday (August 17), markets may remain pessimistic due to sharp fall in valuations. He suggests that buying in the some fundamentally strong stocks is the best bet at this downfall. The stocks include Reliance Industries, Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy, Tata Power and Bharti Airtel.

Chennai: Sify Limited has incorporated its portal www.sify.

Today, Grasim Industries is quoting at Rs 2,776, down Rs 102.7, or 3.57%, and touched an intraday high of Rs 2,845 and an intraday low of Rs 2,740.

The trading volume of the scrip is 19,597 shares. Yesterday the share ended weak at Rs 2,878.70 after losing 57.85 points.

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Lanka Pvt Ltd will invest up to $200 million by 2009 for offering mobile services in Sri Lanka. The recent plan is a part of company’s strategy to amplify its presence beyond India.

The company is all set to instigate both 2G and 3G mobile services in Sri Lanka by the end of the current fiscal.

Government-owned oil companies that are dropping off more than Rs 1.85 billion each day on sale of four fuel products, (petrol, diesel, domestic cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene) are seeking an immediate hike in fuel prices, report agency sources.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Dinsha Patel, State Minister for petroleum and natural gas alleged that the state-owned oil marketing companies have wanted correction in the costs of receptive petroleum products because of enhancement in worldwide oil costs.

At its meeting held Aug. 14, 2007, the board directors of Akar Tools have sanctioned a dividend of 15% or Rs 1.50 a share of Rs 10 each for the fiscal 2006-07.

Akar Tools declared a fantastic jump in its quarterly net profit for June 2007. The company’s income boosted 2.18 times, to Rs 9.09 million, from Rs 4.17 million in the same period of the last year.