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Friday, January 4, 2008

2007: The year of crazy bull run

By--Varindar Bansal, Anichya Shah and Shravan Sreenivasula

CNBC-TV18

The year 2007 was outstanding for Indian equity markets as both the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty conquered new peak with hefty gains -----47% and 53% respectively for the period December 29, 2006 - December 30, 2007. The BSE Sensex added six thousand points during the year, which was better than the five thousand points it added in 2005.

Index Changes

Indices


Returns (%)

Sensex

47%

Nifty

53%

Small-Cap

87%

Mid Cap Index

74%

BSEDollex-30

65%

Synopsis of 6000 points

20000

29th Oct 2007

19000

15th Oct 2007

18000

9th Oct 2007

17000

26th Sep 2007

16000

19th Sep 2007

15000

July 6, 07: 15000

FIIs Flows

The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have also shown enormous interest in the Indian markets by making record investment of USD 17 billion in a single year. FII investment of USD 10.7 billion in 2005 was the previous high.

Year

FIIs Flow (USD bn)

2007

17.00

2006

7.99

2005

10.70

2004

8.52

2003

6.59

2002

0.75

2001

2.84

2000

1.38

Sectoral Indices

Sectorally, BSE metal, capital goods, oil & gas, consumer durable and bankex have outperformed the Sensex. However, FMCG, healthcare and auto sectors remained underperformers. IT was the only sector that has given negative return for the year.

Indices

Returns (%)

Metal Index

121%

Capital Goods Index

116%

Oil & Gas Index

114%

Consumer Durables

85%

Nifty Junior

74%

PSU Index

70%

Bankex

61%

FMCG Index

18%

Healthcare Index

14%

Auto Index

1%

IT Index

-14%

Top 2007 F&O Stocks:

In the F&O segment, a few stocks gave hefty returns. Stocks like RNRL gained over 700%, Ispat Industries surged over 600%, IFCI, Jindal Steel & Power and Nagarjuna Fertilisers & Chemicals rose over 500% in one year.

Stock

2007 Returs (%)

Reliance Natural Resources

701%

Ispat Industries

635%

I F C I

574%

Jindal Steel & Power

569%

Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals

545%

Essar Oil

487%

India Infoline

481%

Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Rohren

391%

Educomp Solutions

390%

Gujarat N R E Coke

364%

Jaiprakash Hydro Power

359%

Neyveli Lignite Corpn.

341%

Reliance Capital

331%

Bhushan Steel

318%

Reliance Energy

315%

Reliance Petroleum

253%

G M R Infrastructure

250%

Aban Offshore

248%

J S W Steel

241%

Lanco Infratech

233%

MRPL

230%

Reliance pack Chg (%) in 2007

Notably, the Reliance pack offered great returns to its shareholders. ADAG stocks like RNRL rose 600%, Reliance Capital increased 326% and Reliance Energy shot up 311%. On other hand, Reliance stocks belonging to Mukesh Ambani--- like Reliance Infra , RPL and Reliance Industries surged 300%, 249% and 128%, respectively for the year.

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Reliance Capital

606

2581.1

326

49821

Reliance Comm

471

730.8

55

54341

Reliance Energy

520

2134.55

311

39352

Reliance Ind

1270.35

2894.35

128

243712

Reliance Infra

528.7

2067.95

291

2324

Reliance Petroleum

62.95

219.6

249

70493

Adlabs Films

433.65

1458.65

236

4560

RNRL

22.2

168.65

660

24561

Wealth Creator and Destroyer

There were few astonishing wealth creator stocks for the year. MMTC gained over Rs 135752 crore, Cals Rs 6902 crore and Jindal South West soared Rs 2324 crore. However, there were few stocks which were wealth destroyer like Hexaware Tech (lost Rs 1463 crore), Atlanta (lost 1089 crore ) and Subex (lost 1122 crore.)

Wealth Creator

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Shristi Infra

26.51

806.5

2942

1761

Cals

3.23

86.95

2592

6902

Lloyds Metals

5.18

129.9

2408

1326

Innovative Foods

4.16

90.4

2073

41

Orissa Sponge

26.6

529.35

1890

1497

Sahara Housing

45.5

865.55

1802

574

Jindal South West

155.3

2248.9

1349

2324

MMTC

2206

29356.3

1231

135752

Wealth Destroyer

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Tripex Overseas

162.25

24.4

-85

-111

Atlanta

982.7

314.9

-68

-1089

Hexaware Tech

199.65

81.6

-59

-1463

Allsec Tech

287.55

142.2

-51

-221

Crew BOS

228.35

123.45

-46

-134

Sasken Comm

535.8

333.25

-38

-560

GMR Ind

320.3

153.55

-52

-725

Subex

650

325.3

-50

-1122

Non-Index Gainers in 2007

From the non-index pack, some stocks, especially from steel and oil, have given phenomenal returns. From the steel pack, stocks like Ispat Industries has given a return of over 630% in one-year. Jindal Steel has gained over 530%.

Essar Oil, from the oil refinery space, has done phenomenally well giving a return of almost 460%; Neyveli Lignite gained 338%; and GMR Infra, which is in the construction space, is up about 240% in the non-index space.

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Ispat Industries

10.98

80.65

635

8517

Jindal Steel & Power

2267.8

14404

535

37370

Essar Oil

54.55

308.9

466

28984

India Infoline

305.4

1692.75

454

7642

Neyveli Lignite

56.35

246.65

338

31927

G M R Infra

71.09

242.7

241

32419

Aban Offshore

1382.65

4712.15

241

12723

J S W Steel

386.9

1303.8

237

15306

Mangalore Refinery

40.8

133.6

227

16267

Large/Non-Index Losers in 2007

Among the non-index losers in the tech space, Tech Mahindra lost almost 32% over the last one year. i-Flex lost about 22% of its market share while Infosys lost about 19%, and TCS 10%.

Tata Motors lost about 18% from the auto space. Cipla was down about 14%. From the construction space, stocks like Sobha Developers has seen about 10% reduction. Ultratech from the cement space lost about 10%.

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Tech Mahindra

1670.15

1136.4

-32

-5611

I-Flex Solutions

1947.7

1514.45

-22

-3167

Patni Computer

417.75

327.95

-21

-1218

Infosys

2240.5

1804.3

-19

-21460

Tata Motors

900.25

736.7

-18

-6284

Cipla

250.7

215.7

-14

-2721

Sobha Developers

995.7

892.1

-10

-755

Ultratech Cement

1096.9

982.95

-10

-1419

TCS

1218.6

1100.2

-10

-11587

Large Cap Change in 2007

Company Name

2006 Price

2007 price

Chg (%)

Chg in M-cap (Rs cr)

Reliance Ind

1270.35

2894.35

128

243712

ONGC

870.05

1240.8

43

79299

N T P C

136.4

239.95

76

85382

Bharti Airtel

628.85

966.3

54

64174

Reliance Comm

471.3

730.8

55

54341

ICICI Bank

890.4

1242

39

58586

State Bank Of India

1245.9

2382.7

91

59830

BHEL

1149.08

2557.45

123

68943

Larsen & Toubro

1442.95

4160.7

188

80900

SAIL

89.2

273.2

206

75999

TCS

1218.6

1100.2

-10

-11587

Infosys

2240.5

1804.3

-19

-21460

Reliance Petroleum

62.95

219.6

249

70493

Happy Investing in year 2008


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