The Financial Express -- Markets

Thursday, August 14 1997

Indecision over badla unlikely to affect market sentiment

Stock markets are expected to overcome disappointment after Securities and Exchange Board of India failed to take a widely expected decision on introduction of an easier carry-forward system, brokers and analysts said on Wednesday.

Investors should shuffle portfolios to benefit from economic recovery

Investors should gradually shift their portfolios to sectors which will benefit from the economic recovery which is expected to begin from October-November this year, said Merrill Lynch, the US-based investment banking major.

SEBI indicts 23 Pune brokers for illegal badla transactions

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has found 23 brokers of the Pune Stock Exchange guilty of unauthorised carry forward transactions and the consequent depression of prices. While the regulatory body has cancelled the licence of one broker, it has suspended the registration of 17 others for varying periods.

Crisil downgrades Onida, Piramal Finance FD programme

Silver hardens; g'nut oil dips; sugar improves

Market Round-up -- Call Money

Kothari Bluechip Fund outperforms Sensex by 14 %

Precious metals firm

Hindustan Zinc gains a golden glow

BSE bid to clarify terms of Trade Guaranty Fund

Financial Briefing -- Ahmedabad Mun. bond rating upgraded

Sensex shrinks by another 55 points

Healthy order-book position

Bundesbank hints at tightening policy

Short sellers need to be cautious

BSE to revise jobbing spread for B2 group scrips

DSE WDM by September-end

US treasuries buoyant

Deutsche mark stays firm