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Sensex, Nifty Close Higher After Two-Week Rout

Sensex, Nifty Close Higher After Two-Week Rout
Employees walk past electronic boards displaying stock figures in the atrium of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) building in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
8 years ago
Indian equity benchmarks rebounded from its two back-to-back weekly declines in more than four months as stocks gained across Asia.The S&P BSE Sensex Index closed 0.9 percent higher at 34,300.47, while the NSE Nifty closed 0.8 percent higher at 10,539.75.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Expect to maintain rising revenue trend going ahead.
  • Month on month books on demand business is growing.
  • Had close to 5 crore books on demand for January.
  • Input costs are a pass through costs which are transferred to publishers.
  • Will consolidate traditional business into one unit in Gujarat.
  • Books on demand business generated a business of Rs 3.5 crore.
  • Hopeful of maintaining 14.5 percent margins in the coming quarter.
  • Not focusing on improving margins, will be happy to maintain.
  • Planned Rs 30 crore capex plan in books on demand business for the next 6-9 months.
  • Cost of material has gone up.

Key highlights from the conversation:

  • Have funded all our capacity expansion by internal accruals & believe this to continue.
  • No plans of fund raising as of now.
  • Debt-to-equity stands at 0.14 times currently.
  • Sustaining 20 percent Ebitda margins will not be a problem at all.
  • Orders from key clients like toyota, tata motors will improve growth prospects.
  • Have been able to sustain 20 percent Ebitda margins till now.
  • 80 percent capacity utilisation currently.
  • Gujarat plant likely to commence full-fledged production by June.
  • Chennai plant now ready to cater to customers.
  • Maintenance shut down with key clients like Maruti impacted Q3 results.
  • Brownfield expansion plan is almost complete.

Future Enterprises swings to profit for the first time in six quarters during October-December period. The stock rose as much as 14.5 percent to Rs 47.85 after the earnings announcement.

Key Earnings Highlights Q3 (YoY)

  • Net profit at Rs 82 crore versus net loss of Rs 37 crore.
  • Revenue rose 15.5 percent to Rs 1,091.4 crore.
  • Ebitda rose 18.6 percent to Rs 275 crore.
  • Margin expanded to 25.2 percent versus 24.6 percent.

Shares of the power supplier rose as much as 3.5 percent to Rs 467.40. The company received approval from Competition Commission of India for the sale of its Mumbai power business to Adani Transmission, according to its stock exchange notification.

The company expects to complete the transaction by March, the statement added.

The stock is 32 percent below the Bloomberg consensus one-year rice target. It declined 17 percent since the beginning of the year.

Shares of the Chennai-based lender rose as much as 7.5 percent, the most since Nov. 9, 2017, to Rs 364.90. The bank's asset quality improved during October-December period.

Key Earnings Highlights Q3 (YoY)

  • Net profit declined 18.8 percent to Rs 303 crore.
  • Net interest income rose 30.2 percent to Rs 1,622.7 crore.
  • Gross NPA in absolute terms at Rs 9,595 crore versus Rs 9,624 crore (QoQ).
  • Net NPA in absolute terms at Rs 4,898.6 crore versus Rs 4,748.2 crore (QoQ).
  • Provisions at Rs 918 crore versus Rs 744.5 crore (QoQ).
  • Gross NPA At 6.27 percent versus 6.67 percent (QoQ).

Shares of the electrical equipment maker rose as much as 4.4 percent, the most in a one-and-a-half month to Rs 92. The company won $55 million order form Indonesian State Utility for manufacturing and supply of 64 units of Power Transformers, according to its stock exchange notification.

CG Power trades at 53 times its estimated earnings per share, Bloomberg data showed. The stock is 1.2 percent below the Bloomberg consensus one-year price target.

  • There was a 91 percent increase in copra prices.
  • We have not passed on these prices to consumers.
  • We have put in place an aggressive cost management program to offset the rise in copra prices.
  • Copra has peaked out, and we expect copra prices to soften going ahead.
  • We continue to focus on volumes growth and market share.
  • We have had a 9 percent growth on constant currency basis in the international business.
  • All geographies except for Vietnam have given double-digit growth.
  • We have diagnosed some of the issues we have to solve in Saffola.

Shares of the agricultural holding company rose as much as 11.9 percent, the most in four-and-a-half months to Rs 552.45. The company reported more than a 11-fold jump in its net profit during December quarter.

Key Earnings Highlights Q3 (YoY)

  • Net profit rose 1,016 percent to Rs 48 crore.
  • Revenue rose 46.3 percent to Rs 1,434 crore.
  • Ebitda rose 34.6 percent to Rs 125.7 crore.
  • Margins contracted to 8.8 percent versus 9.5 percent.

Apcotex Industries

  • Stock rose as much as 21.1 percent to Rs 562.35.
  • Trading volume was 28.4 times its 200-day average.

Vadilal Industries

  • Stock rose as much as 14.6 percent to Rs 971.45.
  • Trading volume was 11.2 times its 20-day average.

3M India

  • Stock rose as much as 20 percent to Rs 22,709.30.
  • Trading volume was 10.9 times its 20-day average.

Honeywell Automation India

  • Stock rose as much as 10.9 percent to Rs 18,832.
  • Trading volume was 5.4 times its 20-day average.

KNR Constructions

  • Stock rose as much as 9.8 percent to Rs 340.
  • Trading volume was 3.3 times its 20-day average.

Shares of the pharmaceutical company extended gains for the second trading session and rose as much as 4.6 percent, the most in two weeks to Rs 4,943.95. The company announced that it introduced new insulin drug 'Toujeo' in the Indian market.

Trading volume was 2.6 times its 30-day average. The stock returned 3.1 percent so far this year compared to 0.5 percent advance in Sensex.

Coal India Q3 (YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 1.6 percent to Rs 305.
  • Revenue up 5 percent at Rs 20,708.47 crore.
  • Net Profit up 4.21 percent to Rs 3004.8 crore.
  • EBITDA up 18.23 percent to Rs 4,617.9 crore.
  • EBITDA Margin at 21.3 percent versus 19.08 percent.

Tata Steel Q3 (YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 4.7 percent to Rs 718.
  • Revenue up 21 percent at Rs 33,447 crore.
  • Net profit up 433 percent at Rs 1,294 crore.
  • EBITDA up 57 percent at 5,697 crore.
  • Margins at 17 percent versus 13.1 percent.

Mahindra & Mahindra Q3 (YoY)

  • Stock rose as much as 2.7 percent to Rs 770.
  • Revenue up 10.3 percent at Rs 11,491.5 crore.
  • Net Profit up 16.8 percent at Rs 1305 crore.
  • EBITDA up 19.6 percent at Rs 1693 crore.
  • Margins 14.73 percent versus 13.6 percent.

SBI Q3 (QoQ)

  • Stock fell as much as 1.4 percent to Rs 292.40.
  • NII flat at Rs 18,688 crore.
  • Net Loss at Rs 2417 crore versus net profit of Rs 1581.5 crore.
  • Domestic NIM at 2.61 percent.
  • GNPA at 10.35 percent.
  • NNPA at 5.61 percent.

BPCL Q3 (QoQ)

  • Stock fell as much as 2.5 percent to Rs 463.65.
  • Revenue up 13.7 percent at Rs 60,616.4 crore.
  • Net Profit down 9.1 percent at Rs 2144 crore.
  • EBITDA down 9.6 percent at Rs 3188 crore.
  • Margins at 5.3 percent versus 6.6 percent.

ONGC Q3 (QoQ)

  • Stock rose as much as 3.8 percent to Rs 194.50.
  • Revenue 21.3 percent At Rs 22,996 crore.
  • Net Profit down 2.3 percent at Rs 5015 crore.
  • EBITDA up 19.5 percent at Rs 10,919 crore.
  • Margins at 47.5 percent versus 48.2 percent.

  • In next 3-5 years, hospital business expansion will start playing out.
  • Return on capital in pharmacies will be very high due to low capex model.
  • See more revenues coming in from hospitals going forward.
  • Going forward, we see ramp up of these units, as of now units have break-even.
  • Opened 25-30 labs which pulled down operating income, but now we are reaping benefits.
  • 18 percent income come from India, 82 percent from GCC.
  • Expect 35 percent business from india over next 3-5 years.

Shares of the auto part maker extended gains for the fourth trading session and rose as much as 5 percent to Rs 1,116.

The company won an order for the supply of steel wheels from Europe, according to its stock exchange notification. The stock fell 7.8 percent in the past month, compared to 1.3 percent decline in Sensex.

Shares of the pharmaceutical company rose as much as 5.4 percent to Rs 434. The U.S. drug regulator completed inspection at its key Moraiya facility, and that there were no concerns found during the inspection, according to its stock exchange notification.

The stock was the best performer on Nifty Pharma Index. Trading volume was 12.9 times the 30-day average. Last week, the U.S. drug regulator had conducted a surprise audit at the company’s largest Moraiya plant, after multiple recalls of a drug made at the unit.

  • TCS: About 11 lakh shares changed hands in a block deal.
  • Buyers and sellers were not known immediately

    Source: Bloomberg

Shares of the construction major rose as much as 1.5 percent to Rs 1,348. The engineering giant singed EPC contract worth more than 2,200 crore with Abu Dhabi-based Al Dhafra Petroleum Operations, according to its stock exchange notification.

The scope of the contract includes engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of flow lines, gathering facilities and pipelines to transfer crude oil and gas, and installation of 132 kilo-volts and 33 kilo-volts overhead electrical transmission lines to supply power, the exchange notification added.

L&T trades at 30.5 times trailing 12-month earnings per share and 27 times its estimates for the coming year, Bloomberg data showed. The stock returned 6.8 times since the beginning of the year.

  • Indian Rupee is likely to advance after the region's equities traded higher, following back-to-back weekly losses.
  • The Sovereign bond, on the other hand, will be focused on the release on India's consumer price index later today.

Put-Call Ratio
  • Nifty PCR unchanged at 1.09.
  • Nifty Bank PCR at 0.96 versus 0.87.

  • Claris Lifesciences acquisition window from Feb12 to Feb. 20.
  • Galaxy Surfactants added to BSE IPO Index.
  • Gujarat NRE Coke suspended from trading.

  • Avadh Sugar & Energy: Anil Kumar Goel bought 54,000 shares or 0.5 percent equity at Rs 789.7 each.
  • Fortis Healthcare: Societe Generale bought 38.11 lakh shares or 0.7 percent equity at Rs 141.53 each.

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