1. Stocks of Container Corporation of India were trading 2.50 per cent down at Rs 1195.95 (9.24 am) as government will sell 5 per cent stake in the company at a minimum price of Rs 1,195 a piece, to garner Rs 1,165 crore.
2. Triggered by weak global cues, the 30-share Sensex opened 131.96 points down at 24,527.27. Nifty 50 index opened 49.20 points down at 7,436.10.
3. Oil prices fell 3 percent on Tuesday, ending six days of gains for benchmark Brent crude, as Goldman Sachs suggested the rally was unsustainable and industry data showed U.S. stockpiles reached record highs again last week.
4. Gold turned lower on Tuesday, falling below last week’s 13-month high on profit-taking as the market’s recent rally appeared to lose momentum ahead of the next U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.
5. Asian shares stepped back further from two-month highs on Wednesday as a retreat in oil prices and weak Chinese trade data revived concerns about the health of the global economy.
6. Notwithstanding the threat by US-based agri-biotech firm Monsanto to pull out of the country if its royalty income is slashed, the trait value on Bt cotton seeds is set to be cut by a steep 70% to R49 a packet, reports Sandip Das in New Delhi.
7. Foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs’) appetite for Indian debt paper has started to pick up marginally with the cut-off bid to acquire limits on G-secs coming in at 4.41 basis points at Tuesday’s auction, according to sources in the bond market.
8. Siemens has hived off its healthcare division to the parent (SIE GR, buy, 89 euros) for R3,050 crore, in line with global strategy of managing this division separately.
9. As per a filing with the stock exchanges, the Coal India’s (CIL) board has approved an interim dividend of R27.4/share for FY16. The payout date is March 21, and the ‘record date’ for payment is March 15.
10. The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is expected to announce new regulations for algorithm trading after its board meeting on March 12.
11. The export of cashew kernel from India is likely to suffer further with the recent Budget imposing an import duty on raw cashew.
12. Even as sugar prices are improving and the fair and remunerative price (FRP) arrears for the sugar season of 2014-15 and 2015-16 in Maharashtra have come down, sugar mills still owe farmers some R241 crore for the previous season.
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