D-Street on a high! It's raining dividends; Why companies go for share buyback

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68 BSE500 stocks hit all-time high in Feb; five stocks you can still bet on Of all the stocks that hit fresh 52-week highs, experts are bullish on Maruti Suzuki, CCL Products, Indraprastha Gas Ltd, Sun TV Network and APL Apollo. Buyback apart, it's raining dividends too! Have you received a fair share? For the quarter, Bajaj Corp announced a dividend per share of Rs 11.50 for every share of face value Re 1. This amounts to a payout of Rs 170 crore. Good or bad? Top five reasons why companies go for share buyback At times when the company feels the shares are undervalued, a share buyback is used to pump up the stock price, which acts like a support for the stock.

Interview One to One We need to have very strong capital inflows. FPI investments have been fairly positive in February but were negative ... Madan Sabnavis , CARE Ratings

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Market Watch 21 Feb | 04:07PM| SENSEX NIFTY USD/INR GOLD 28761.59 ↑100.01 8907.85 ↑28.65 66.92 ↓-0.10

Gainers Losers 21 Feb, 2017, 04:07PM IST, PTI|View All Company Name Live Price Change (%) Volume High Low Jindal Worldwide Ltd. 227.75 19.99 10652 227.75 191.95 Khaitan Electricals Ltd. 42.05 19.97 14441 42.05 35.50 Salora International Ltd. 65.85 19.95 31619 65.85 56.40

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BLOG: Look who moved the market all through Tuesday Action in select blue chip counters may take the market even higher, but volatility will rule in the runup to February series F&O expiry in just two days. Watch this space as we bring you all the action in this live blog from Dalal Street. BSE500 at record high, but these stocks need 70-140% rally to revisit 52-wk highs Just Dial, which was excluded from the Nifty Midcap150 index in the recent rejig, may need to rise some 86 per cent from its prevailing level to return to a one-year high. This policy change is likely to bring in billions of FII dollars into Indian market Sebi recently increased the combined futures and options trading limit by removing some caps on contracts and on the market value of positions held. 2,500 new FPIs register with Sebi during Apr-Dec The number of FPIs with Sebi's approval rose to 6,833 at the end of December from 4,311 at March-end, reflecting an addition of 2,522 such investors. Sebi issues fresh notices to 20 entities in NSEL scam Final orders against these entities can be passed by the regulator anytime so, sources said. Several entities on the list are allegedly linked to one particular broker.

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