Fuel price hike likely soon
-Decision to be taken after Sonia Gandhi returns from US:
PTI sources
-Diesel prices could be hiked by Rs 3-5 per litre, kerosene
by Rs 2 per litre
-LPG prices could be hiked by Rs 50/cylinder
Bharti Airtel AGM: Sunil Mittal says
-Company's current debt in comfortable position
-No plan to buy stake in Loop telecom
-No plan to buy back 4.4% Vodafone stake in Bharti
-Africa operations continue to grow both on top line and
margin
National Spot Exchange (NSEL) says:
-No discrepancy in e-series stock holdings in vaults
-Sharp and Tannan conducted audit of stocks
-Settlement backlog due to redemption pressure
-To provide investors an exit window to sell units
-To provide investors an exit window to realise cash payment
SEBI lifts curbs on Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra),
directors and promoters
Alert: SEBI had imposed curbs on TTML for not meeting
minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms
Ex-Dividend
- Balmer Lawrie: Rs 17.6/share
- Bharat Electronics: Rs 16.3/share
- BHEL: Rs 3.3/share
- BPCL: Rs 11/share
- Coal India: Rs 4.3/share
- HEG: Rs 8/share
Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:
-Centre to SC: Govt nod must for CBI to probe senior
officials
-CBI to SC: Need more officers for coal block allotment
probe
- Fortis Healthcare says have allotted 37.37 lakh shares to
Stanchart (Mauritius) on preferential basis at Rs 99.09/share
- Container Corporation: Ex-Date for Bonus issue in ratio of
1:2
-NHAI nudges IDFC off Gurgaon expressway: FE (NHAI in
January had allowed IDFC buying 74 % stake in the project)
-Lok Sabha passes Land Bill with Amendments
-Cabinet Panel Okays extending monsoon session till Saturday
-RBI says banks can conditionally give guarantee for NRI
shares, bond buys
Government:
-April-August net direct tax mop-up up 15.4% at Rs 1.43
lakh crore
-April-August gross direct tax mop-up up 14.4% at Rs 1.88
lakh crore
-April-August gross corporate tax mop-up up 11.7% at Rs
1.08 lakh crore
-April-August personal income tax mop-up up 19% at Rs
78,190 crore
-April-August wealth tax mop-up up 24.4% at Rs 280 crore
-April-August securities transaction tax mop-up at Rs 1,649
crore
Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily:
-Will not take any emergency measures for oil import
-Fundamentals are very strong; expect rupee to bounce back
soon
-No decision on hiking diesel price as of now
-Working on various ways to cut oil import bill