Funds keen to kickstart stock lending
The effective launch of the stock lending operations on Wednesday has opened the floodgates for mutual funds. Fund managers see a fresh opportunity in stock lending to shore up their earnings.

UTI Monthly Income Plan tenure increased with double-money tag
The latest in the UTI's MIP series, MIP '98 (V) has closed with a subscription of around Rs 800 crore. MIP '98(V) was the last in the series of monthly income plans for calendar year 1998. Thus, the Trust has mobilised a total of over Rs 4,300 crore through five MIPs in 1998.

Sensex may march towards 3,425 points
A strident rise in an handful of scrips kept the Sensex buoyed up. Therefore, even though there was profit taking in several other counters, which had gone up impressively on Wednesday, the profit taking could not dent the index to any great degree.

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