Volume buying may send market into sideways drift
Sensex inched up three points to close at 4280. With volumes shrinking, it was a day of consolidation for the index as a whole. While pharma stocks were firm, infotech stocks came under the hammer.

BSE divests 53.79 per cent stake in CDSL
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has divested about 53.79 per cent of its equity stake in Central Depositories Services Ltd (CDSL), one of the two depositories in the country.

CDSL to cut transaction charges again today
Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL), promoted jointly by BSE and a clutch of banks and financial institutions, has decided to further lower transaction charges with effect from August 1,2000.