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Sensex recovers smartly at 13,255 pts

Mumbai, Feb 28 (UNI) The BSE Sensex began to recover smartly, as the Union finance minister (FM) reads out the tax proposals. It had struck a fresh intra-day high of 13,255.68 from today's opening at 13,045 points.

IFCI saw huge volumes of 1.28 crore shares on BSE. The stock was down 4.46 per cent to Rs 28.90.

Hindustan Motors climbed 8.05 per cent to Rs 41.60, as the company expects to earn Rs 295 crore in five tranches, spread over the next 10 quarters, as well as a non-compete fee equal to 4 per cent of sale proceeds from an integrated IT township and auto park it is developing on its surplus 314 acres land in West Bengal, specifically identified for this purpose.

Drug maker Abbott India surged 3.09 per cent to Rs 558.50, in an overall weak market, after the company decided to proceed with its plan to buy back shares after getting regulatory approval. The current market price of Rs 558.50, discounts the buy back price of Rs 650 per share by Rs 91.50 per share.

On the capital market front, FM proposed to allow short-selling by institutional investors and permitted mutual funds (MFs) to launch infrastructure sector funds.

Aptech and Educomp Solutions gained after the finance minister proposed a national means-cum-merit scholarship programme to check drop-outs from schools, brokers added.

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DPCL achieves financial closure for dev of Dhamra Port

Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (UNI) The Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL), a 50:50 joint venture company of Larsen&Toubro Limited and Tata Steel Limited, has achieved financial closure for development of an all-weather deep port on the mouth of river Dhamra in Orissa. The Company has signed the loan agreement yesterday with a consortium of lenders led by the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) who have agreed to part finance the project costing Rs. 24.6 billion. Located between the main.....

SGX to acquire a 5 per cent stake in BSE

Mumbai, Mar 7 (UNI) The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today entered into an agreement wherein the SGX will invest in a five per cent stake in the BSE, subscribing to the shares of BSE at Rs 5,200 per share for Rs 189 crore. Announcing this at a joint press conference here, BSE MD and CEO Mr Rajnikant Patel along with SGX CEO, Mr Hsieh Fu Hua Said,''The two exchanges have agreed to actively explore collaboration in.....

IPCL to merge with Reliance Industries

Mumbai, Mar 07 (UNI) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), controlled by Mukesh Ambani, is all set merge one of its group company Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd(IPCL) with it. Indicating this in a notice to BSE, the company said it has convened a board meeting on March 10, 2007 to consider and recommend the merger of IPCL with the RIL. RIL scrip today ended at Rs 1289.35, a fall of Rs 10.35 from the previous closing. UNI.....
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