Sensex + Nifty Tumble on US Sub-Prime Woes

The US Sub-Prime Woes is having Ripple effect on the Indian Stock Market. BSE-SENSEX is down 390 points. Major losers in the Sensex are – Bharti Airtel Ltd, HDFC, ICICI Bank, NTPC and State Bank of India.

Adding to market woes is the Indian inflation which shot to 4.45%.

Asian stocks tumbled across the board, following a rout in global markets as credit jitters flared up, after France’s biggest listed bank BNP Paribas froze three funds that invested in US subprime mortgages.

The French bank’s move on Thursday, 9 August 2007, spooked global financial markets and prompted action from major central banks to calm markets, with the European Central Bank injecting record amounts of cash to prevent a financial system seizure.

In a newsflash, The Bank of Japan added 1 trillion yen ($8.5 billion) to the financial system and the Reserve Bank of Australia lent the most in more than three years, joining U.S. and European central banks in responding to a credit crunch.

Indian Economic Data:
INDIA JUNE INDUSTRIAL GORWTH AT 9.8% VS 9.7% YOY

INFLATION FOR THE WEEK AT 4.45% VS 4.36%

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Ahluwalia Contracts Bags CommonWealth Games Contract

Ahluwalia Contracts India received construction contract for the Commonwealth Games 2010 Village Residential project from Emaar MGF Construction. The estimated project value is Rs 688 crore and expected to be completed by December 2009. The current order book value of the company including the above mentioned project stands at Rs 2748 crore.

The current price of Rs 561.70 discounts its Q1 June 2007 annualized EPS of Rs 26.93 by a PE multiple of 20.85.

Subprime crisis expensive for Tata Steel

As per reports, bankers underwriting loan to Tata Steel to acquire Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus have cut the price of one tranche of debt to be floated in the market to 99.25% of face value from 100%. Tata steel will now have to pay 50 basis points more on this tranche of $1 billion with a seven-year tenure. Tata Steel is mopping up $7.3 billion to fund its $13 billion-acquisition of Corus. The loan’s underwriters are ABN Amro, Citigroup and Standard Chartered.

The move came after institutional investors, the loan’s original target market, have been reluctant to join amid current credit market volatility arising from US sub-prime mortgage woes.

Anant Raj Industries stock split

The board of Anant Raj Industries has approved for the split of equity shares of the company from 1 equity share of Rs 10 each to 5 equity shares of Rs 2 each. Further the effect of split will be extended to the shares which will be allotted pursuant to the merger of the company with it’s group companies and to any other earlier resolution passed for allotment of equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each.

Further, the board has decided to convene extra ordinary general meeting on 10 September 2007.

Buy Parsvnath Developers – Religare

Ranbaxy Group promoted Religare, in a research report initiating coverage on PAN India Realty Developer Parsvnath Developers has put a BUY recommendation with a price target of Rs 512.

  • Parsvanath has land bank of 153 million sft which can be fully developed over the next 5 years. Clea ownership and title of land bank with a low acquisition cost of just Rs 233 / sft.
  • Land Bank spread across 47 cities in 17 states with 80% in tier-ii and tier-iii cities.
  • Well diversified portfolio of 103 projects across diverse segments such as commercial, SEZ, IT Parks, metro stations, hospitality. Construction projects of 74 mn sft underway, the highest amongst real estate developers in India
  • Delhi Metro Rail contract to BOT. Also earn commercial rental on these properties but its a long gestation projects.

Parsvnath is expected to report topline of Rs 2,574 crore for FY-2008 and Rs 4,324 crore for FY-2009. Corresponding bottom line is expected to be Rs 555.7 crore and Rs 970 crore giving a fully diluted EPS of Rs 31.1 and Rs 54. Parsvnath Developers is trading at a P/E multiple of mere 10.8 and 6.2 on projected earnings way below the industry average of 17.3 and 14.8. Buy with a price target of Rs 512.