Sterlite Industries - Sensex stocks 24
Sterlite Industries:
Key data:
Industry: Metals & Mining
No of shares: 708,494,411
Face value: Rs 2
BSE code: 500900
NSE code: STER
Key people: Mr.Anil Agarwal
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Promoters: 60.63%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 13.59%
Public & others: 25.78%
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (SIIL) is the principal subsidiary of the Vedanta Resources Group. Its main business in India is production of copper. Its copper products include Continuous Cast Copper Rods, Copper Wire Bars, Bus bars, Billets, Ingots, Moulds and Other semis, Copper based alloys and downstream products, Copper tubes, strips and foils. Read more
Hindalco - Sensex stocks 23
Hindalco :
Key data:
Industry: Metals
No of shares: 1,226,872,273
Face value: Rs 1
BSE code: 500440
NSE code: HINDALCO
Key people: Kumar Mangalam Birla
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Promoters: 31.43%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 28.21%
Public & others: 40.36%
Hindalco Industries Limited is the industry leader in aluminium and copper in India. It is the subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group. Company turnover is in excess of US$ 14 billion and is the world’s largest aluminium rolling company. Read more
Ranbaxy Laboratories - Sensex stocks 21
Ranbaxy Laboratories:
Key data:
Industry: Pharmaceutical
No of shares: 374,069,788
Face value: Rs 5
BSE code: 500359
NSE code: RANBAXY
Key people: Malvinder Mohan Singh
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Promotors: 34.74%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 19.06%
Public & others: 46.20%
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is India’s largest pharmaceutical company. Ranbaxy was started in 1937 by Ranjit Singh and Gurbax Singh. It was incorporated in 1961 an went public in 1973. The Company is ranked amongst the top ten global generic companies and has a presence in 23 of the top 25 pharma markets of the world. Read more
Satyam Computers - Sensex stocks 19
Satyam Computers:
Key data:
Industry: IT Services
No of shares: 673,487,968
Face value: Rs 2
BSE code: 500376
NSE code: SATYAMCOMP
Key people: Ramalinga Raju
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Promotors: 8.61%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 61.57%
Public & others: 29.82%
Satyam computer services, an IT solutions and consulting company was started in 1987 by B. Rama Linga Raju in yderabad. Presently the company has been spread to over 60 countries with more than 50,000 employees. Its major on-site locations are USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Canada and Australia. Read more
HDFC - Sensex stocks 15
HDFC:
Key data:
Industry: Housing Finance
No of shares: 284,231,755
Face value: Rs 10
BSE code: 500010
NSE code: HDFC
Key people: Deepak Parekh
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Foreign & Institutional investors: 86.38%
Public & others: 13.62%
HDFC, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited was started in October 17th 1977 by Hasmukhbhai Parekh. HDFC main business consists of offering home loans. Home loans offered for constructing a new home, improvement of existing home and many forms of that kind. HDFC gives loans not only for homes but for purchase of land also. Read more

