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Today Sensex Down -357.54 and Nifty Down -108.20 Points

Today’s top gainers were Spice Tele, Genesys, HGSL, HOCL, Suprajit & losers were DLF, Reliance Infra, Unitech, Sail, Reliane Capital.

After the acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met with the heads of various public-sector banks, expectation is rife that bankers may cut rates in response to the rate cuts effected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The acting Finance Minister, along with the Deputy Governor of RBI, said the meeting was aimed at looking for solutions to counter the adverse impact of the uncertainty in the global economy.

Mukherjee said that there is a need to concentrate on domestic demand creation. “We must support the development of those sections, which will immediately boost growth and throw up employment opportunities. In view of contracting global demand, we have to focus on development of domestic demand by primarily stimulating demand in the rural areas and in highly labour-intensive sectors,” he said.

After the Reserve Bank of India cut rates, banks have, for long, been expected to follow suit and cut their benchmark rates. Finance Secretary Arun Ramanathan said he expected bank to cut deposit rates.

Emerging from the meeting, KC Chakrabarty, the CMD of Punjab National Bank, said the bank has already cut the primary lending rates and that should translate into reduced home lending rates. He further added that the bank will cut rate as inflation falls. According to him, there is a scope for 200 basis points reduction in lending and deposit rates. UCO Bank CMD SK Goel also said he saw a scope for a 100-200 bps reduction in lending and deposit rates.

There were also reports that Corporate Bank will reduce deposit rates from tomorrow by 50-75 bps. Reports added that bank will reduce lending rates in retail sector by 50-100 bps.

Issue Terms
Issue price / Floor Price (Rs)     55-60
Application per share (Rs)     55.00
Minimum investment amount (Rs)     N.A.
Minimum bid (no of shares)     N.A
Maximum Shares for Retail     N.A

Issue Date and Size

Issue opens     05-Feb-09
Issue closes     09-Feb-09
Listing on     BSE, NSE
Issue size (Rs cr)
Mkt cap at issue price (Rs cr)     N.A.

Share on Offer

Lakhs
Total shares offered     39.73
Of above, offered to public     N.A.
Post-issue shares     N.A.
Post-issue promoters’ holding(%)     N.A.

Investor Information

Lead Manager(1)     Keynote Corporate Services Limited
E-mail     N.A.
Lead Manager(2)     Ashika Capital Limited
E-mail     N.A.
Registrar     Karvy Computershare Private Limited
E-mail     N.A.

Company Contact Details

Company’s address     Karvy House,46,
Avenue 4, Street No.1,
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Pincode     500 034

Issue Terms
Issue price / Floor Price (Rs)     75-80
Application per share (Rs)     75.00
Minimum investment amount (Rs)     5,625.00
Minimum bid (no of shares)     75 and in multiples of one equity share thereafter
Maximum Shares for Retail     1275-1200

Issue Date and Size

Issue opens     03-Feb-09
Issue closes     06-Feb-09
Listing on     BSE, NSE
Issue size (Rs cr)     41.25-44
Mkt cap at issue price (Rs cr)     88.89-94.82

Share on Offer

Total shares offered     55.00 (Lakhs)
Of above, offered to public     55.00 (Lakhs)
Post-issue shares     118.53 (Lakhs)
Post-issue promoters’ holding(%)     51.40 (Lakhs)

Investor Information

Lead Manager(1)     Almondz Global Securities Limited
E-mail     gemini.ipo@almondz.com
Lead Manager(2)
E-mail     N.A.
Registrar     Karvy Computershare Private Limited
E-mail     gemini.ipo@karvy.com

Company Contact Details

Company’s address     501, Palm Spring, Link Road,
Next to ‘D’ Mart,
Malad (West),
Mumbai.
Pincode     400 064
Tel No.     91-22-28808822
Fax No.     91-22-28808998
Website     http://www.geminief.com

Bhaskar Bhat, MD, Titan, said sales growth in the watches segment picked up in the second half of January. “Thus we expect the watches segment to grow by 12-15% in the coming quarter.”

Bhat said large format stores have been lagging behind, but added that the company’s precision engineering division has been growing at a robust pace.

He, however, said there have been EBIT losses in the others segment on account investments in eyewear business.

As prospective bidders for crisis-ridden Satyam Computer Services start lining up, industrialist BK Modi’s Spice Communication joined the fray to buy out the troubled IT firm.

Modi, however, made it clear that the telecom group would be interested in buying out Satyam and that it was not looking at a piecemeal acquisition. He added that he saw Rs 2,000 crore as a benchmark for Satyam.

“It (Satyam’s price share value) has to between Rs2–Rs 60 depending on the auction price. We will bid in an auction because that will be competitive, [and based on that] the number of shares will be decided,” Modi said, adding that the company did not have any Satyam shares either now or in the past.

Modi also said the Spice had a full team in place for Satyam, in case of a takeover. He added that Spice had written a letter to the Satyam board but had not received a response yet.

“I understand that they (the Satyam board) are meeting on the February 5,” Modi said, adding that Satyam needs an immediate infusion of capital of around Rs 2,000 crore. Money should enter Satyam through preferential allotment of shares, he added.

Spice, Modi added, did not fear liabilities. “We are ready to take some risk on this. We are ready to go on as-and-where basis, provided there is an open auction system. There should be an electronic auction, which is now quite prevalent and is transparent.”

During the just-concluded results season, the real estate sector was expected to show dismal numbers. The star player in the realty pack, DLF, came out with its third quarter results on January 31. The company’s net profit was down by 68.72% from Rs 2144.98 crore to Rs 670.79 crore on YoY basis.