Asian Hotels net profit rises 50.83%

Net profit of Asian Hotels rose 50.83% to Rs 34.42 crore in the quarter ended March 2007 as against Rs 22.82 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2006. Sales rose 27.24% to Rs 132.41 crore in the quarter ended March 2007 as against Rs 104.06 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2006.

For the full year, net profit rose 61.38% to Rs 91.50 crore in the year ended March 2007 as against Rs 56.70 crore during the previous year ended March 2006. Sales rose 25.85% to Rs 413.42 crore in the year ended March 2007 as against Rs 328.49 crore during the previous year ended March 2006.

HFCL Infotel reports net loss of Rs 37.89 crore in the March 2007 quarter

HFCL Infotel reported net loss of Rs 37.89 crore in the quarter ended March 2007 as against net loss of Rs 42.83 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2006. Sales declined 18.86% to Rs 60.16 crore in the quarter ended March 2007 as against Rs 74.14 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2006.

For the full year, net loss reported at Rs 116.32 crore in the year ended March 2007 as against net loss of Rs 113.04 crore during the previous year ended March 2006. Sales declined 5.48% to Rs 275.90 crore in the year ended March 2007 as against Rs 291.89 crore during the previous year ended March 2006.

Funds raising plan generates interest in IDBI

ICICI is making Follow on Public Offer after Offer every year. Its Peer IDBI is still struggling to make a comeback. The issue of bonds will fund IDBI’s future expansion and acquisition purposes, reports sugget. It would be a medium-term programme and the money would be raised in different tranches, including perpetual Tier I and Tier II capital.

The funds would also used for carrying out operations of overseas branches proposed to be opened during FY 2008.

The net profit of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) rose 6.11% to Rs 213.54 crore in Q4 March 2007 as against Rs 201.24 crore in Q4 March 2006. Total income rose 12.41% to Rs 2185.35 crore in Q4 March 2007 as against Rs 1944.16 crore in Q4 March 2006.

The net profit rose 12.38% to Rs 630.31 crore in the year ended March 2007 (FY 2007) as against Rs 560.89 crore in the year ended FY 2006. Total income rose 10.68% to Rs 7372.60 crore in FY 2007 as against Rs 6661.17 crore in the FY 2006.

IDBI’s principal activities are to provide commercial banking services which include merchant banking, direct finance, infrastructure finance, rehabilitation assistance, venture capital fund, advisory, trusteeship, forex, treasury and other related financial services.

The stock hit a low of Rs 97.40 and high of Rs 99.40 so far during the day.

The scrip gained from Rs 92 on 10 May 2007 to a high of Rs 104.10 on 21 May 2007. The Rs 100 level was breached later due to continuous profit booking and scrip fell to Rs 92.55 by 30 May 2007. The scrip, again bounced back to trade at Rs 101.25 by 7 June 2007, but fell soon to Rs 96.55 by 12 June 2007.

Nagarjuna Construction Company secures building contract from National Institute of Technology

Nagarjuna Construction Company has secured a building contract from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Andhra Pradesh valued at Rs 61 crore.

The project comprises of construction of hall of residence for 1000 students and kitchen cum dining hall at NIT.

The work is to be completed over a period of 18 months.

Vishal Retail Oversubscribed 69.08 times

The IPO of Vishal Retail for which we had a Blind Subscribe recommendation is oversubscribed by 69 times according to NSE Release. Here are the final subscription figures.

Category No.of shares offered/reserved No. of shares bid for No. of times of total meant for the category

Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) 2689565 122513375 45.5514

Non Institutional Investors 448261 139664900 311.5705

Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) 1344783 67779075 50.4015

The figures given by CNBC TV 18 MoneyControl are saying that the issue is subscribed 82 times is WRONG. Issue is oversubscribed by just 69.08 times. Don’t TRUST MoneyControl, they are Misleading Investors.

As we had already predicted, the fate of all applications will be decided by Lottery. Good Luck for your allotment. Grey Market Premium is very high Rs150+.

PAN a Must for Investors in Mutual Fund

This July [2007], officials in the Finance Ministry have made it mandatory for investors taking the mutual fund route to furnish their PAN – Permanent Account Number for even a investment as low as Rs 50. Most of the investment these days is coming from smaller cities and towns where people are taking the SIP route to build their nest.

So what happens now ? After July-2007, deadline your fresh investments will be subject to providing PAN. Few months later, even investors with inactive folios where they hold Mutual Fund units will also have to furnish PAN or else their units will be frozen. Recall what happened to DEMAT accounts where PAN was not furnished.

India currently has 3% of it its investors in Mutual Funds, i.e 30 Million or 3 crore.