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5 years ago
Apr 23, 2021
Indus Towers, Cyient, Rallis India, Tata Elxsi may react as the companies reported quarterly results after the market closed Thursday. HCL Technologies, M&M Financial and Indiabulls Real are the companies scheduled to report earnings Friday.
Sentiment among global investors is souring as India’s tally of daily infections climbs to successive records. Global funds have turned net sellers of local stocks in April after a six-month buying spree, helping make the Sensex this month’s biggest loser in Asia. Foreign investors have sold $716 million of local shares through April 19.
Alok Industries Ltd. rose 7.1%, more than any full-day gain since March 3. Trading volume was double the average for this time of day. The stock was the best performer among its peers.
Trading volume was 13.6 million shares, double the 20-day average of 5.86 million shares for this time of day.
Stock advanced 216% in the past 52 weeks, compared with a 99% increase for the company's Bloomberg peers
Shares of the Tata group company rose nearly 9.6% after reporting a net profit has increased 40.3% jump in fourth-quarter net profit.
Its revenue from operations rose 18.1% to Rs 518.39 crore for the said quarter from Rs 438.88 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, it added.
The company continued to execute strongly on its growth aspirations with over 9% quarter-on-quarter revenue growth in constant currency, Tata Elxsi CEO and MD Manoj Raghavan said in a statement.