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​And I do not like to name companies, but most of the financial services companies in the world are dependent on their Indian global competency centres to do all kinds of work for them and that is the biggest positive that has happened and due credit to India for having achieved it over the last five years because 10 years back we had IT services companies, we did not have GCCs of the scale.

​So, once the tractor volume starts picking up, we will see further upside in M&M. The company has done fantastic early well as far as the SUV business is concerned. They have done well in other smaller segments as well, including farm equipments. But performance in tractors was promising and that will be icing on the cake as and when it happens.

​Very few countries have been able to do it and our data tells us that no more than two to three countries have been able to deliver 5% to 6% real returns even for investors who have been the most disciplined.

I would be quite bullish on the sugar stock, especially those which have a sugar plus ethanol story going for them. And the other companies which also have a power story, but not to a very great extent. So main issue ethanol and the government statements post elections and government formation have been extremely constructive from the ethanol side.

The board of directors of VIL approved a preferential allotment of 1.66 billion equity shares at Rs 14.80 per share to Finland’s Nokia and Sweden’s Ericsson, for a total of up to Rs 2,458 crore, the company said in a statement Thursday. Nokia will invest up to Rs 1,520 crore and Ericsson up to Rs 938 crore. The issue price is 35% higher than that in the April follow-on offer (FPO) of Rs 11 a share and comes with a lock-in period of six months.

Equity indices hit record levels on Thursday after lower-than-expected inflation hints at RBI interest rate cut. L&T Finance, Ambuja Cement, Vodafone Idea, Puravankara, NITCO, Wipro, Nalco, Suven Pharma, and MosChip Technology make significant moves. Adani Group-owned Ambuja Cement acquires Penna Cement at Rs 10,422 crore. Morgan Stanley buys 3.13 crore equity shares in L&T Finance.

ARCL Tri-party repo product in corporate debt securities was launched by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in July last year.