Intermediate correction to continue

The current chart projections suggest that the Nifty could drop till 4075-4100 points.

Another massive sell-off in mid-week meant that the broad market lost more ground but there was a partial recovery on Friday. The Sensex was down a nominal 0.65 per cent closing at 15,138 points while the Nifty lost about 0.98 per cent to close at 4,401 points.

The Defty lost 0.68 as the rupee gained again, after the RBI’s latest monetary policy was released. The Nifty Junior was down 0.61 per cent.

The market breadth remained negative while volumes dipped through the week. The broad BSE 500 was down 0.44 per cent. The Bank Nifty was however, a gainer to the tune of 2.3 per cent on the basis of a relatively benign RBI policy.

The CNX IT dropped a disproportionate 4 per cent. Institutional attitude showed a divergence with domestic funds being net buyers while FIIs sold. Read more in Business Standard

Jet Airways Q1 net dips 31%

Private carrier Jet Airways on Monday reported a 31.35 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 30.88 crore for the quarter ended June 30 compared to Rs 44.98 crore for the corresponding quarter last year.

However, total income increased by 19.81 per cent to Rs 1,983.03 crore for the June quarter as against Rs 1,655.19 crore for the same quarter in the previous year, the company said in communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The shares of the company fell 3.15 per cent and closed at Rs 700 on the BSE.

Jet, Sahara seal deal, finally

Tribunal's nod for Rs 1,450cr merger; Jet to make staggered payments stretching till 2011.

Settling its ten-month-old dispute, Jet Airways has agreed to buy out Air Sahara for Rs 1,450 crore. The three-member tribunal headed by British judge Lord Stein today approved the proposal by the two airlines.

The terms of the deal, signed at 1.20 pm today, were announced at two separate press conferences in Mumbai and New Delhi by Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and Alok Sharma, president of Air Sahara, respectively.

Jet Airways has already paid Rs 500 crore as a deposit to Air Sahara which, in turn, has accepted a generously staggered payment schedule stretching till 2011. Jet will pay only Rs 400 crore on or before April 20. The remaining Rs 550 crore will be paid in interest-free equal instalments (Rs 137.50 crore each) from March 30, 2008, to 2011.

Taking the savings on interest (at existing rates), the net present value of what Jet will pay is Rs 1,200 crore. After the deal was signed, Naresh Goyal, chairman of Jet, said, “We have got the airline for 40 per cent less than the original price offered in January 2006.” Read more at Business Standard