The market may open lower amid cautious mood in the Asian stock markets as investors awaited central bank decisions in Japan and Europe. Trading of CNX Nifty futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could fall 28.50 points at the opening bell.
Among corporate news, L&T in a clarification after market hours on Wednesday, 3 September 2014 with regard to news item titled "L&T faces cost overrun of Rs 3000 crore" said that the Hyderabad metro rail project is being implemented by a special purpose vehicle ( SPV)---L&T Metro rail (Hyderabad) (L&TMRHL). This SPV is a 99% subsidiary of L&TIDPL. L&TIDPL is a 97.5% subsidiary of L&T. L&T holds directly 1% in the SPV. The debt financing for L&TMRHL is non recourse to L&TIDPL & consequently to L&T, the company said. Commissioning of stage 1 is on schedule, it added. The anticipated amount of cost over runs mentioned in the article is an approximate amount over the entire period of the project of 3 to 5 years, after considering several issues including delay in progress of acquisition of right of way, full impact of inflation, possible impact of re-organisation of AP State, possible non completion of project in time, etc, L&T said. Several of these issues may be addressed favourably during the execution of the project, the company added. The Govt is seized of the matter & is actively looking into the issues & a positive solution can emerge, L&T said.
Reliance Industries (RIL) before market hours today, 4 September 2014 announced mutual and amicable separation in the agreement for strategic partnership between Reliance Ventures (RVL), a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) to co-promote the model economic township (MET) project of Reliance Haryana SEZ (RHSL).
The MET project is being developed by RHSL, a wholly owned subsidiary of RVL, in the industrial model township framework. IL&FS became a strategic partner in this project in January 2011.
The MET project will continue to be developed in the industrial model township framework on the directly purchased land. Development work has been started over 290 acres of land as an industrial colony, RIL said. Some Japanese majors have established their manufacturing units in the MET project, RIL said in a statement.
Power Grid Corporation of India turns ex-dividend today, 4 September 2014, for final dividend of Rs 1.31 per share for the year ending March 2014.
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Escorts turns ex-dividend today, 4 September 2014, for final dividend of Rs 0.60 per share for the eighteen months period ended 31 March 2014.
National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) turns ex-dividend today, 4 September 2014, for dividend of Rs 5 per share for the year ended March 2014.
Aksh Optifibre said that its board allotted 11.15 lakh equity shares of Rs 5 each, pursuant to the conversion of foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) aggregating $0.3 million.
SML Isuzu said it sold 642 vehicles in August 2014, down 19.35% compared with 796 vehicles sold in August 2013.
Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries has acquired a sugar plant situated at Sangli, Maharashtra having a cane crushing capacity of 1750 TCD (Tonnes Crushed per day) at Rs 24.30 crore from Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security interest Act, 2012 (SARFASI Act). The plant is not operational for the last 7 years, the starting of operations of the plant would be determined after examining the condition of the plant on taking possession. The company currently has total cane crushing capacity of 27300 TCD at its existing plants in Uttar Pradesh and Kohlapur, Maharashtra.
High volatility characterized trading on Wednesday, 3 September 2014 as key benchmark indices struck yet another record high. The Sensex advanced 120.55 points or 0.45% to settle at 27,139.94, a record closing high.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 1288.57 crore on Wednesday, 3 September 2014, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.
Asian markets were mixed today, 4 September 2014, as investors awaited central bank decisions in Japan and Europe. Key indices in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore fell 0.03% to 0.58%. Key indices in South Korea and Indonesia were up 0.04% to 0.24%.
US stock markets closed mostly lower on Wednesday, 3 September 2014, pulled down by a fall in Apple and other technology companies. Among economic data, the US economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace over the past six weeks as a booming auto industry and tourism continued to drive growth, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book on Wednesday, 3 September 2014.
In Europe, a monthly meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) is scheduled today, 4 September 2014. There are expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce quantitative easing in the coming months to bolster growth and counter downward pressures on prices in the euro zone. At US Federal Reserve's annual symposium in the United States on 22 August 2014, ECB President Mario Draghi said that expectations of future inflation in Europe exhibited significant declines at all horizons this month.
Bank of England will also announce its monetary-policy decision later in the global day today, 4 September 2014.
US President Obama on Wednesday, 3 September 2014, called the conflict in Ukraine a "moment of testing" for the United States and Europe, and condemned Russia's intervention as a "brazen assault" on the nation's territorial integrity that warrants a unified response. On a day of conflicting reports of a cease-fire agreement between President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Obama said Moscow had violated the post-World War II international order.
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