Tuesday, October 21, 2008

List of promoters buying their own stock

Stock market investors must take a look at those stocks where the promoters are increasing their stake by buying shares in the present stock market down turn. Here is a list of companies where promoters have increased their equity holding recently

Indian stock markets have been in a continuous slide since the beginning of 2008. This has left most retail and institutional investors in jitters. Stock market investors do not seem to have the nerve any longer to invest in stocks.

Stock valuations in certain sectors and companies have become really mouth watering. The promoters of Indian companies have used the recent downswing in stock prices as an opportunity to buy shares of their companies cheaply to enhance their holdings in the company. The stock prices of many companies are ruling at a value of less than one-fourth of their peak in January.

The shareholding pattern for the quarter ending September 2008 shows that in several companies, promoters have raised their stakes substantially. Even though it is hard to find big names, several promoters of mid and small-cap companies have hiked their stakes ranging from 1-20% during the September quarter compared with the previous quarter.

Read complete story at Stockinvest.in

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