India Capital Growth Fund Limited
05 September 2007
India Capital Growth Fund Limited
05 September 2007
31 August 2007 NAV Statement
India Capital Growth Fund Limited (the 'Company')
31 August 2007
Net Asset Values
The Company announces its net asset values per share as at 31 August 2007:
Net asset value per share - undiluted 119.80p
Net asset value per share - fully diluted 116.50p
Progress Update
Undiluted NAV fell 3.9% during the month, but remained 2.9% above that at 30
June 2007. Markets were extremely volatile during August, affected by global
concerns about the US sub prime mortgage market and by domestic political
uncertainty in India, where the Central Government's survival was threatened by
withdrawal of support by the Communists, unhappy with Congress's nuclear deal
with the US. This threat has receded, and the pundits expect the current
Government to remain in power until at least the end of 2008. The markets were
nevertheless unsettled and the BSE Sensex fell by a net 1.5% and BSE Small Cap
by 0.1% during the month. The Rupee also depreciated marginally (0.6%) against
Sterling.
The Indian economy continued to grow at a healthy rate, with GDP up by 9.3% in
the first quarter (31 March 2007 to 30 June 2007,) sustaining the growth shown
last year.
Inflation, based on the wholesale price index (WPI), declined to 3.94% for the
week ended 19 August 2007, its lowest since 29 April 2006.
The Company has continued to add to its positions in its core portfolio and has
exited from non core holdings. There were sharp declines in the share prices of
some of the larger holdings, reversing much of the gain enjoyed in July, but
individual companies' performances remains sound and overall the portfolio has
recovered well.
As at 31 August 2007, the Company was 95.7% invested, with 4.3% in cash.
Analysis of holdings at 31 August 2007
Sector Summary No. of Companies % of Portfolio
Media 2 21.6%
Textiles 2 13.4%
Financial Services 4 10.6%
Housing & Construction 4 10.0%
Electrical & Lighting 1 8.0%
Transport 2 7.7%
IT 3 7.3%
Oil Drilling, Equipment & Services 1 6.4%
Engineering / Manufacturing 4 3.5%
Others 3 7.2%
Total investments 26 95.7%
Cash 4.3%
Total Portfolio 100.0%
Top 10 holdings at 31 August 2007
Holding Sector % of Portfolio
IOL Broadband Media 12.2%
S Kumars Nationwide Textiles 9.9%
Prime Focus Media 9.4%
Asian Electronics Electricals and Lighting 8.0%
Aban Offshore Oil Drilling Equipment & Services 6.4%
Logix Microsystems IT 4.9%
SpiceJet Transportation 4.4%
Arihant Foundations and Housing Housing and Construction 3.9%
Gruh Finance Financial Services 3.8%
Grabal Alok Impex Textiles 3.5%
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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