Infosys, Castrol top list of outstanding badla positions
INFOSYS, Castrol and Hindalco among others are at the top of a list of companies, which indicates the size of carryforward positions in the secondary market.

Sensex crosses first hurdle
THE market remained firm throughout the day and the Sensex managed to gain an impressive 78 points on Thursday. While the main boost came from old economy stocks, IT stocks like Infosys and Satyam Comp also made their contribution. Among the old economy stocks, Reliance, RPL, L&T, Bhel and MTNL were the main contributors.

BSE, CME tie up for risk management of options via SPAN
IN a bid to kick off stock specific options trading by July this year, the BSE has formally entered into an agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to adopt the latter’s ‘standard portfolio analysis of risk (SPAN)’ system for calculating margin requirements and managing risk in the new era of futures and options.

Post-badla ban, Sensex gains 100 points
RECOVERING from the shock of ban on badla and deferred products and all the good news like the continued buying spree by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the domestic markets, encouraging advice from the US markets which helped Asian markets to surge and increasing investor interest in the Reliance duo helped the stock markets at home to post a good performance on Thursday.

HDFC fund declares dividend
HDFC Liquid Fund has declared an annualised tax-free dividend of 7 per cent under its Liquid Fund for its weekly dividend option.