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After weeks of weakness the most beaten down real estate stocks had good bounce back in today markets.

Though the Realty index was up by only 1.89% but some smaller stocks like Orbit Corporation, Parsvnath, and Ansal Infra amount the top gainers.

Sector leaders like DLF was down by 0.86% and Unitech was up by 2.51%

Orbit corporation was up by 40.38% on the new of company has not Pledge any shares with any lenders. Same kind of news also took up the shares like Parvnath, Ansal Infra.

Markets analyst feel that this sector has been seeing some kind of short covering as these stocks have fallen very steep and may not go down to lower levels.

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HDIL, Lost almost 19% during the week which saw huge selling in realty stocks, even the sector majors like Unitech, DLF, and India Bull Real estate lost anywhere between 15 to 18%.

Stocks like DLF and unitech which are facing problem in repayments of debts to the mutual funds are among worst hit.

The traders feel that these companies may not come out with good results and given the low demand form housing sector and other companies put their explanation on hold also leading to prusre on these stocks.

Though these stocks look attractive form the market price, but one need to wait some time before investing in these stocks as more clarity required on this sector.

Almost all real estate shares closed in red except Akruti City. Akruti City Closed in green on the news that the company promoters have paid the loan and got the pledged share released.

Akruti , has high promoter holding, the share price of the company has closed at 797.85

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Indian markets faced a severe selling pressure on the news that some of the European banks are also facing problems similar to US banks and seeking heavy bailout packages from respective governments has led Indian markets to see new lows since march 2007.

Metal stocks and Real Estate are the ones which are facing heavy selling pressure, highly leveraged stocks such as Aban Lloyd, DLF, Unitech, private banking major ICICI bank saw heavy cuts in today’s trade.

As per the traders, market is expected to see four digit tick on sensex in next few days.

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Real-estate company DLF Ltd seems to have got the cherry on the top. The Delhi-based developer has bagged the exclusive title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League at an excess of Rs 200 crore for a period of five years.DLF won this through an open bid process with the highest bid of Rs 40 crore per annum. The DLF Indian Premier League, as it will be known, will host about 59 Twenty20 matches over 44 days, beginning April 18.

The other bidders, World Sports Group, bidding on behalf of Hero Honda Motors (India) Ltd, had made a bid for Rs 30.60 crore per annum, while Percept D’Mark bid for Rs 30.16 crore per annum.

The third bidder in the fray, 21st Century, quit the process midway due to non-compliance with some of the clauses of the bid.

“I am truly happy to have India’s leading real-estate developer DLF as our title sponsors as they happen to share a common vision with the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) to make the Indian Premier League, one of finest cricketing leagues in the world. It is exciting to have an eclectic mix of elite Indian businessmen, Bollywood personalities and corporates as our allies, working collectively as one to ensure the success of the IPL,” said Mr Lalit Modi, IPL’s Chairman & Commissioner.

Mr Rajeev Talwar, DLF’s Group Executive Director, said: “This is a game which has mass appeal all over India and both cricket, as well as DLF will grow hand-in-hand.”

The auction of around 85 Indian and international players is scheduled to take place on February 20 through the open bid process in association with IMG – the sports, media and entertainment agency. The players are up for auction between the exclusive franchisee-right owners of the eight cities – Shah Rukh Khan (Kolkata), Preity Zinta (Mohali), RIL Pvt Ltd (Mumbai), GMR Holdings (Delhi), UB Group (Bangalore), India Cements Ltd (Chennai), Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) and Emerging Media (Jaipur).

Earlier, sports broadcaster Sony Max and World Sport Group bagged IPL’s global media and production rights for over $ 1 billion for a period of 10 years. The set of matches to be played this year will generate around 60 hours of advertising space for Sony.

Source: Business Line dated Thursday, February 14, 2008

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