Indian Stock Indices closes flat

(posted under - BSE Rates, SENSEX closing) - Major Indian stock indices including (BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY) closed almost flat, with a slight upward deviation.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17755.94, up 6.25 points or 0.04 per cent. The 30-share index touched intraday low of 17629.19 and high of 17782.41.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5323.15, up 6.60 points or 0.12 per cent. The broader index touched a low of 5288.15 and high of 5333.30 in today’s trade. The BSE Midcap Index was up 0.84 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved higher by 0.70 per cent. BSE Realty Index advanced 1.43 per cent, BSE Healthcare Index moved 1.42 per cent higher and BSE IT Index edged 0.73 per cent up.

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1901 advances against 1191 declines.

BSE News and Updates - election for filling of trading member director

(source - bseindia.com) - The Trading Members of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (the Exchange) are hereby informed that a vacancy shall arise at the ensuing Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Exchange to be held on Friday the 7th August, 2009 due to completion of two consecutive terms pursuant to Article 13.18A of the Articles of Association by one of the Trading Member holding office as a Director in the Trading Member Director category at the said meeting.

The Board of Directors of the Exchange has decided to fill in the said vacancy in the Trading Member Director category under the provisions of Rules, Bye-laws and Regulations and Articles of Association of the Exchange.

Accordingly, nominations are invited from the eligible Trading Members of the Exchange pursuant to Article 13.16.2 of the Articles of Association to fill in ONE vacancy in the Trading Member Director category, at the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Exchange.

Sr.No.	Nature of activity	Date
1	Issue of nomination forms.	24.06.2009
2	Last date for submission of duly filled in nomination forms.	23.07.2009
3	Last date for withdrawal of nomination forms.	28.07.2009
4	Election of Trading Member Director by Shareholders.	At the Fourth Annual General Meeting to be held on Friday the 7th August, 2009.

Trading Members are advised to note the following terms and conditions of election:

The manner of election, appointment, tenure, resignation, vacation etc. of trading member directors shall be governed by Companies Act, 1956 save as otherwise specifically provided under or in accordance with the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, The BSE (Corporatisation and Demutualisation) Scheme, 2005 and the Circulars issued by SEBI from time to time specifying the Governance of the Exchange.
The conditions of eligibility and the method of appointment of Trading Member Directors shall be governed by the Articles of Association, Rules, Bye-laws and Regulations and SEBI’s letter dated 31st August, 2005 prescribing the manner of appointment of Directors and other incidental and consequential matters related to the governance of the Exchange.
Since the election if required by ballot, shall be conducted under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, Rules 96 to 112 given under the Chapter “Election of the Governing Board and Office Bearers” framed prior to Corporatisation of the Exchange to suit its requirement as an “Association of Persons” as per its constitution and objects, shall apply only to the extent it is not contrary to the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, Articles of Association of the Exchange and SEBI directives on the governance of the Exchange issued from time to time.