13-May-09 Mcx Settlement Prices

Today's Settlement Price 14897 :: Silver 22941 :: Copper 224.35 :: Lead 71.50 :: Nickel 620.40 :: Zinc 72.65 :: Crude Oil 2909 :: Natural Gas 220.60 :: CPO 407.60 :: HO 74.15 :: SO 516.15 & INR 49.70
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BOOKIES-ELECTION2009

BOOKIES-ELECTION2009===BJP--158,,,CONGRESS==108--118,,BSP--30,,SP--18.,,JDU--22,,AIDMK.GROUP--28,,TMC--12,,BJD--8,,TDP--18,,,TALANGANA-6,,PRP-3,,RJD--6,,LJP-2,,CPI..CPM---43,,AKALI--6,,INALO--3,,AJIT-3,,DMK--10,,NCP--9,,SHIVSENA--14,,MNS-1,,JMM-1,,AJP-4,,OTHERS--25-35,,INDP--7
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Bookies report election 2009 : just fun

will be post after 5 pm

13-May-09 News Updates

Corporate News Headline

•Kotak Mahindra Bank reported Q4'09 results, total income increased 49.47% yoy to Rs. 11.33 bn, but net profit declined 12.26% yoy to Rs. 2.11 bn. (BS)
•KEC International bagged orders worth Rs. 1.11 bn from within the country as well as abroad. (BS)
•JSW Steel said it has no plans to sell its US-based units even as mills are operating at only 10%-15% of their production capacity amid waning demand on account of the economic crisis. (BS)


Economic and Political Headline

•Industrial production declined 2.3% in March as compared to a rise of 5.5% during the corresponding month in 2008. (BS)
•The home prices in the US dropped 14%, the most on record in the first quarter from a year earlier, led by California and Florida, as banks sold foreclosed properties. (Bloomberg)
•The UK unemployment jumped 244,000 in the three months through March to 2.22 mn, the most since 1981 as the recession forced companies from carmakers to banks to cut workers. (Bloomberg)
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