Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Telecom shares rallied on hopes that they would hike tariffs after huge investments to acquire spectrum.
Hindalco Industries, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, on Friday said it has finalised arrangement for acquiring alumina refinery and bauxite mines in Brazil from its wholly-owned subsidiary Novelis as part of corporate reorganisation plan.
The Aditya Birla group has slammed rating firm Moody's for placing Novelis, the group's aluminium products subsidiary, in line for a possible downgrade to default.
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The company, which is present in India through a joint venture with the Kirloskar Group, will invest Rs 898 crore (Rs 8.98 billion) to expand the production capacity of the two plants by 2013.
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BSE FMCG and PSU indices gained by almost 1 per cent each.
The Nifty traded in a narrow band (41 points), the index opened flat at 6,116 and touched a high of 6,120 and a low of 6075.
The government has written to market regulator SEBI saying Cairn Energy Plc's deal to sell majority stake in its Indian arm to Vedanta Resources does not yet have its approval, a condition contingent for the $8.48 billion deal to consummate.
These motorcycles, likely to be launched in the Indian market this year, generate 200hp of power, making them one of the most powerful bikes in the world.
The country's most expensive phone, iPhone 4S, was launched at midnight. The handset had already seen many enquiries from eager customers, both at retail electronics stores, as well as mobile operators. However, none are raising their hopes just yet.
With the rupee showing a freefall and hitting a 28-month low against the dollar, India Inc has yet another headache.
The firecracker industry in Sivakasi, in interior Tamil Nadu, from where 95 per cent of the Indian output comes from, has said production has declined 20 per cent this year.
Any foreign investment in excess of 24 per cent in an industrial unit, which manufactures items reserved for micro and small enterprises, will require prior approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, according to Press Note 6 issued by the government.
Several exemptions have been given to reduce the cost of raw materials.
UK-based metals major Vedanta Resources came under more pressure as it was revealed on Tuesday that one of its group companies, Balco, is a supplier of refined aluminum to the Indian defence sector. This information is now being used by human rights campaigners to urge investors like the Church of England to divest from Vedanta Resources to keep in line with the church's policy of not investing in companies that are involved in any way in armament production.
Inflation declined to about a 15-month low of 3.36 per cent mainly due to fall in the prices food articles like fruit and vegetables, pulses, and some manufactured items, raising hopes of cuts in the key policy rates by the Reserve Bank of India.
The debt came with covenants, which require borrowers to meet certain conditions such as a mandated debt to EBITDA ratio. A failure to meet the conditions may result in an increase in interest rates. The company reported EBITDA (operating profit) of $69 million in the quarter ended December 31, down from $151 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.
In an attempt to steal the two-wheeler market from the three Indian giants Hero Honda, Bajaj and TVS Motors, which collectively account for almost 85 per cent of sales, Japanese bike manufacturers like Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki will launch scaled-down Indian versions of their international superbike models.
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Despite that India has taken to further steps to cut down these emissions, he said, pointing out that the primary energy consumption growth rate is 3.4 per cent per year against GDP growth rate exceeding 9 per cent.
The net sales drop was due to a decline in motorcycle sales following the credit squeeze by banks and the consequent reduced availability of finance.
India's largest commodity boursethe Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)on Wednesday tied up with the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) of China to share knowledge and expertise for further development of their exchange ecosystems.
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The two iconic brands are also developing hybrid engines for use in future models of JLR. Two British marquee had made a loss of over Rs 1,777.35 crore or Rs 17.77 billion (before interest, exceptional items and tax) in 2008-09 due to global meltdown, while the income from JLR sales stood at Rs 39,270.70 crore (Rs 392.7 billion). It had laid off over 2,200 staff.
Auto component companies -- especially the mid-size and small ones -- are facing an uphill task to stay afloat as banks have become tight-fisted in giving credit and vehicle makers are cutting orders to combat the slowdown in sales.
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