Evening News Round-up:

*Rupee may appreciate to 59/USD in next one month: Barclays

*Like Tata Power most among private power players: IIFL

*Underweight on India, fund flow disconnect a worry: HSBC

*Rally in domestic cyclicals is entirely a Modi trade: HDFC

*Hawala premium crashes on lower demand for gold

*Bharti Axa to reduce dependence on motor insurance

*Gold extends gains to 5-1/2 mth high on safe-haven demand

*Seek strategic partners; to divest 26% stake: Jignesh Shah

*FMC asks NMCE to check price manipulation

*AAP allegations factully incorrect: Reliance

*Special bench may hear Roy’s new plea tomorrow

*No plans to ground Dreamliners, says Air India

*IL&FS wins Rs 300-cr Kolkata Metro project

*McAfee offers free security for Indian mobile users

*IBM bags large IT outsourcing contract from Adani Group

*SKS completes ninth securitisation of Rs 80 crore

*Fund mop-up through NCDs up 2-fold at Rs 34K cr

*Sahara gets unsolicited offers for prized hotel assets

*Coal India officers to go on strike over pay-related issues

*Petron Engineering extends rally on Rs 55 crore order from UltraTech Cement

*HCL Infosystems extends rally on promoter stake buy

*New govt must ensure more investor-friendly norms: Thermax

*Green tea biz poised for strong growth: McLeod Russel

*Iron ore prices do not have impact on India: Kalyani Steel

*Havells gains 3% as co plans to list Sylvania Global on LSE

*Discounted seats would have gone unsold: SpiceJet

*India feb CPI at 8.10% vs 8.30% exp – prior was 8.79%

*India Jan IIP 0.1% vs -0.9% exp, prior was -0.6%

*DLF up 2.5% as arm gets Rs 93.5 cr on sale of Galaxy shares

*SBI Life to appeal against IRDA’s Rs 275cr refund order

*EPFO settles 97% claims within 10 days

*SAIL seeks surface rights of BCCL’s mine in Jharkhand

*Hyundai launches compact sedan Xcent at Rs 4.66 lakh

*Coal India officers on 3-d strike; demand Rs 200cr/year dues

*Sensex closes flat; Sun Pharma up 4%, Tata Motors down 2%

*FAA downgrade to hit domestic aircraft chartering business: BAOA