3:30 pm Market close:
After a volatile day of trade, the market ended on higer note. The Sensex
was up 183.67 points or 0.7 percent at 27458.38, and the Nifty gained 49.90
points or 0.6 percent at 8284.50. About 1351 shares have advanced, 1543 shares
declined and 399 shares were unchanged.
HUL and Infosys were stars of the day. Bouyed up by
better-than-expected December quarter results, the IT company ended with 5
percent gains. HUL was up 6 percent. TCS, Dr Reddy's Labs and ONGC were other
gainers in the Sensex.
3:10 pm More power:
The government is looking to start a fresh process of inviting bids for ultra
mega power projects (UMPPs) at four locations in the country in the next
three-six months, power minister Piyush Goyal today said.
"These four proposed UMPPs include two for which we
have cancelled the bid and we will be inviting fresh bids, and two more have
been identified - one in Bihar and another in Jharkhand," power minister
Piyush Goyal said. The minister said he is hopeful the process of inviting bids
will start in the next three to six months.
2:50 pm Spectrum: The Cabinet is believed to have asked the Department of
Telecom to examine imposing a Swachch Bharat cess on spectrum charges paid
annually by service providers.
Besides this, it has also asked DoT to submit a proposal to
notify dedicated spectrum for Defence forces as 'Defence Band (DB) and Defence
Interest Zone (DIZ)' by January 15.
Defence has agreed to release more 3G spectrum as demanded
by telecom operators once DB and DIZ are notified. Industry has been demanding
the government to auction 20 Mhz of 3G spectrum in February but Telecom
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has only assured auctioning 5 Mhz as dedicated
spectrum bands for Defence forces are yet to be notified.
"Cabinet on January 5 had asked DoT to examine
imposition of a cess on Spectrum Usage Charge (SUC) for Swachch Bharat Kosh and
bring a proposal for its consideration by January 15. The other direction is to
submit proposal for DB and DIZ bands on same date," an official source
said.
2:30 pm Gold:
Taking weak cues from global markets and easing demand at domestic spot
markets, gold prices fell for the second day, ending Rs 100 lower at Rs 27,250
per ten gram at the bullion market today. Silver also lost Rs 350 to Rs 36,950
per kg on lack of buying support from industrial units and coin makers.
Besides, appreciating rupee against the dollar that made the import of precious
metals cheaper, weighed on the precious metal prices, marketmen said.
Sovereign, however, continued to be traded at last level of
Rs 23,800 per piece of eight gram in scattered deals. In line with overall
trends, silver ready traded lower by Rs 350 to Rs 36,950 per kg and
weekly-based delivery by Rs 480 to Rs 36,945 per kg. On the other hand, silver
coins were enquired at previous level of Rs 61,000 for buying and Rs 62,000 for
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