Stocks in news:

• Lafarge buys L&T’s concrete unit for $349m
• IT department wants FIIs to pay tax on PN biz - ET
• GHCL eyes US firm Linens n Things - ET
• BASF India Open offer at Rs 274/sh
• Cement Cos to cut prices by up to Rs 7/bag in some states
  Alert: Industry Minister Kamal Nath met cement cos on prices yesterday
• AB Bardhan says
  Left will not pull down Govt over nuke deal
  May withdraw support if pushed to a corner over nuke deal
• DoT may allow foreign cos to bid for 3G - ET
• Results Today: PNB, Chambal Fertilizers, Chennai Petroleum, Torrent Power, Voltas, OCL India, Tamilnadu Petroproducts, Zuari Industries, Zylog Systems, Hitachi Home, Nelco
• AcrelorMittal plans JV with 2 coal mining cos- Rampia Coal Mines and Seregarha Mines - ET (Rampia is a JV with GVK, while Seregarha is a JV with Reliance Energy, Sterlite, Navbharat Ind, GMR and Lanco)
• Omaxe to invest Rs 8000 cr to build 10 lakh low-cost houses - PTI
• Mascon buys US co Ebusinessware for $35m - ET
• Reddy Family (co-promoters of Maxwell Ind) to exit selling their 32% stake to Pathares - ET
• Crompton gets nod for Nagpur power distribution - DNA
• Kinetic Motors says
  Reports of M&M buying co speculative
  Exploring alternatives to raise funds for two-wheeler biz
• Index changes:
  Ballarpur Industries to replace Shree Ram Mills in BSE-500 Index from May 15
• Anu’s Labs IPO closes today; subscribed 0.33 times till now
• Kirloskar Brothers bags Rs 150 cr order from Andhra Pradesh govt
• 4.14 cr CBoP shares to hit the market (ESOPs)
• Ex-dividend:
  BOC India (Rs 2/sh), Elantas Beck (Rs 4/sh),
• Ex-bonus:
  Ashirwad Capital @ 3:5
  CG Impex @ 1:2
  -Swasti Vinayaka @ 1:3
• Syndicate Bank Q4 Standalone
  NII at Rs 562.62 crore versus Rs 603.66 crore
  Net profit at Rs 126.26 crore versus Rs 104.30 crore
• Mercator Lines Q4 Consolidated
  Net sales at Rs 265.7 cr vs Rs 202.8 cr
  Other income at Rs 32.1 cr vs Rs 11.7 cr
  No depreciation in Q4 vs Rs 24.2 cr last year
  Net profit at Rs 74 cr vs Rs 16.4 cr
• JK Lakshmi Q4
  Net sales at Rs 291.3 cr vs Rs 263.2 cr
  Other income at Rs 16.2 cr vs Rs 11.1 cr
  Net profit at Rs 67.6 cr vs Rs 60.8 cr
• Agro Tech Foods Q4
  Net sales at Rs 255.3 cr vs Rs 252.8 cr
  Net profit at Rs 5.5 cr vs Rs 7.5 cr