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FIIs contribute more towards foreign fund inflow. Foreign reserve should be adequate for the country to fulfil the import needs. So in case of liquidity crunch, FIIs pull out their investments across the globe which causes turbulence in our economy as well as in the Indian capital market.

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01-01-2012 - Indian Stock market prediction for the year 2012 - It is widely believed that Year 2012 is going to be much better in terms of performance of the stocks has given some relief to the retail investors and traders. However, most of the investors are now going to look at taking new positions or switching over to PSU(Public Sector Stocks) like MMTC, GAIL, ONGC, NTPC, BHEL, BEL(Bharat Electronics Ltd.) etc. to be on the safer side. Fortunately, these stocks are available at much discounted rates and the downside is very limited. On the other hand, stock market experts strongly advise the investors to be cautious about Auto Sector as it is going to be greatly affected due to the increase in the interest rates. On the domestic front factors like Rupee depreciation, higher inflation and higher interest rates for loans still remain a big concern for the India Inc.
10-Dec-2011 - Many stocks have hit the carpet, some stocks have crashed over 75% during the year 2011 alone. KSOILS, LANCO are some of the few that have crashed. Even stocks like crompton greaves have come down due to unexpected poor results.

08-Nov-2011 - Year 2011 has been one of the bad years for many investors in the Indian stock market. Inspite of good results by many corporates many stocks like Reliance communications are yet to get back on their foot. It is believed that with the Euro Debt crisis still lingering, Sensex may settle around 19000 points at the end of the year 2011. Investors are keeping hope that at least in the year 2012 one can keep the Sensex target around 22000 to 24000 points.

Year 2010 Stock Market trend - It looks like Sensex may be range bound between 16000 - 19000 points for the current year. No big trigger is expected for a fresh Bull run. However, risk is far from over. Euro zone crisis is likely to have some effect on the Market. Indian Market did not react too much on Dubai and subsequent Greece economic turbulence.

On the stock front, the recent RIL-RNRL court judgment did create heavy slide on RNRL shares. However, due to out of court settlement between the Ambani brothers, RNRL recovered to its previous position. But, the happiness of RNRL share holders was short lived after a sudden development of RNRL merging with Rpower with swap ratio of 4:1, RNRL investors stand to lose Rs.20 per share from the LTP just before the Board Meeting. This has added salt to the injury for the already worn out investors who had entered the stock at much higher prices like Rs.300 .

January 30, 2009 - Interim Budget for 2009 will be presented on February 16 by Mr. Pranab Mukerji, Minister of External Affairs is assigned the additional charge of Ministry of Finance till Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resumes office. As it is going to be a pre-election interim budget, budget 2009 speech may not raise bif expectations. The tax rates are expected to be mostly unchanged.

January 15, 2009 - Wipro and Infosys stocks fell by more than 5% as one of their major telecom clients Nortel has filed for a Bankruptcy. Sasken telecommunications stock hit the lower circuit breaker as Nortel is one of the stake holders in the Sasken telecom.

January 07, 2009 - It was a scary day for the investors of India when the Founder of IT major Satyam admitted that he fudged the books and inflated the profits of the company to get the business growing but failed totally in keeping the fraud under the carpet. It is now clear that the company will find it difficult to manage the cash requirement for running its day to day operations. As on date, all sort of legal actions are awaited from Govt. side against the founder of Satyam. Meanwhile, Govt. has appointed new directors and the existing board directors have been removed. Both BSE and NSE stock exchanges have removed Satyam scrip from the indices. Satyam will be removed F&O derivative segment from January 30th. Satyam will have 20% circuit limit for trade. If it is moved to Z category, then it will be traded as Trade to Trade (T2T) stock. Buying and selling of Satyam share will not be available with Square-off. Only time will say what is left out for Satyam and future course of events for the 53000 Satyam employees and more than 3 lakhs stake holders.
December 25, 2008 - RPL (Reliance Petroleum) has commenced its oil production from its Jam Nagar refinery. Now, RPL is the biggest refinery in the world. RPL share prices is expected to go up once the production starts in full swing.

December 17, 2008 - Satyam stock took a beating today. The stock has fallen more than 25% today. Satyam ADR had crashed yesterday.Satyam was planning to spend $1.3 billion towards the stake in Maytas Properties, and to buy 51% in Maytas Infrastructure. Maytas is a listed firm. Understanding the feelings of the investors, the firm may reverse the decision soon.

Share holders of India Foils stocks can smile now as The board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction has approved Ess Dee Aluminium's acquisition of the suffering aluminium foil manufacturer, India Foils Ltd. India foils is a Vedanta group firm. Ess Dee will pay Rs 120 crore and claim 90% stake in India Foils. Ess Dee shares soared more than 10% on Nov 19, 2008.

Gujrat NRE Coke has credited the Bonus shares on 13/11/2008. The Company has reported that the net profit has increased by 3.48 times, from 250.96 Cr. to 873.69 Cr. in 9 months period.

Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd has informed BSE that 13,48,34,154 Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each as bonus shares in the ratio of 2 (two) Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each for every 5 (five) Equity Shares held by the members of the Company on record date. The record date for Bonus issue is October 20, 2008.

10 October, 2008 - Indian capital market witnessed one of the worst crashes in the past 18 years during the week ending. On 9th October, Sensex tumbled more than 1000 points and recovered later to some extent.

NSE is likely to start currency future trading starting from 29th August 2008.

12 Aug 2008 - Looks like SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India )is very firm in implementing PN(Promisory Note ) regulations as per the schedule. The investors may recollect that last year, the Indian Stock Markets crashed over 1000 points after the PN note regulation announcement for all FIIs. The situation became normal, once the Finance Minister clarified that it PNs will be regulated and not curbed. This is being done to track the investment flow from unknown foreign sources.

Also falling crude oil prices are being closely monitored by all investors to decide about profit booking and adding their stock positions.

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NSE introduces Volatility index trading in India - VIX is a volatility index based on the Nifty 50 Index Option prices. From the best bid-ask prices of Nifty 50 Options contracts, a volatility figure (%) is calculated which indicates the expected market volatility(fluctuations) over the next 30 days. As on April 10, 2008 close it is 30.52.

SEBI may announce waiver of Entry load for Mutual Funds shortly. Newly launched Reliance Natural resources fund is likely to grow faster than expected.

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NSE introduces mini contracts to enable even small traders to trade effectively in Futures and Options. This will come into effect from 1st January, 2008. 

It looks like SEBI may allow shortselling by FIIs shortly. STOCK TIPS 

RIL has sold around 4% of its stake in RPL in the open market to bring RPL out of F&O ban. This will help the investors to take fresh positions in the F&O segment after 29th November, 2007 contract settlement date.

20-Nov-2007 

RPL is currently under ban for fresh positions in F&O segment. RPL is the first NIFTY stock to get banned by NSE. This is due to the position known as Open interest ( This leads to build up of futures contracts or option contracts that have not yet been exercised, expired, or fulfilled by delivery crossing 95% of the shares available in the cash segment ). RPL rally is expected to continue when this ban is lifted.

Power Grid Corporation of India : The company's transmission income to grow by 24% from Rs 34,757 million in FY07 to Rs 43,165 million in FY08 and further by 28% to Rs 55,176 million in FY09. The estimated net profit from PGCIL's transmission activity to grow by 39% from Rs 9,282 million in FY07 to Rs 12,882 million in FY08 and further by 42% to Rs 18,282 million in FY09.

Reason for rally in RNRL and RPL shares. RNRL and RPL are surging to new highs, RNRL is shooting up due to a news that they are applying for City Gas distribution and RPL due to likely increase of stake of chevron to 29%. Moreover both are progressing well in their operations. Experts feel that as on 1st week of November both RNRL and RPL have become momentum stocks and current values are quite high, so short term players should be very careful. In the long run, RPL and RNRL will definitely grow.

India's BSE sensex crossed another important milestone in its journey on 19th September 2007 when it crossed 16000 points.

From that period it has been growing and climbing up to new heights.

On 15th October 2007, the  BSE Sensex closed above 19000 and Nifty above 5600 for the first time ever. It was the second highest single day point gain ever for the Sensex.

Today more and more people are searching internet or asking friends to know how to start trading. After opening the account, people are restless and would like to know where to invest and what are all the hot stocks in the India's Sharebazar or stock market. As on this date stocks like RPL, RNRL, IFCI, NLC, PGCIL, Gujrat NRE Coke are in great demands.  The top performing sectors in India are Power, Natural Resources, Banking and Realty.

Latest Info : There is a speculation that Reserve Bank of India will hike cash reserve ratio (CRR) at Mid Term Review Of Annual Policy slated on 30 October 2007.

This news is adding fuel to the fire, The Share Market crashed on SEBI's proposed ban on P notes (P-Notes are instruments issued by foreign institutional investors, who wish to remain annonymous and seek entry or exit opportunities. The FIIs then invest the capital deployed by the PN-holders in their own name) on October 17, 2007. The Sensex is in the downtrend and as on October 19, 2007 close, it is almost down by 1500 points in the past 3 days.

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October 29, 2007 will be recorded in the history as Sensex zoomed past 20000 points. It is believed that Mr.Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries has become the richest person in the world.