Shares of the Kolkata-based grooming products maker extended decline and fell as much as 2.57 percent to Rs 405 after its profit declined in December quarter.
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Shares of the Ghaziabad-based household products maker rose as much as 0.94 percent to Rs 435.20 after it met Bloomberg consensus estimates in December quarter.
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Shares of the Mumbai-based software developer fell as much as 5.5 percent, the most in over two months, to Rs 985 after its profit missed Bloomberg consensus estimates in December quarter.
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Buyers and sellers were not immediately known
Source: Bloomberg
Shares of the Mumbai-based mortgage lender continue to trade on a weak note after its profit declined in December quarter.
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Indian equity benchmarks extended gains led by gains in Reliance Industries, Infosys, HDFC and ICICI Bank.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 1.23 percent or 436 points to 36,028 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index climbed 1.02 percent or 109 points to 10,761.
Eight of 11 sector gauges compiled by National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty IT Index's 1.1 percent gain. On the flipside, Nifty Media Index was top loser, down 3.7 percent.
The overall market breadth was positive as 1,032 shares were advancing while 868 were declining on the BSE.
Shares of the Kolkata-based pig iron maker rose as much as 2 percent to Rs 618 after the Forest Ministry granted environmental clearance for increasing hot metal production from 0.5 MTPA to 0.75 MTPA.
The ministry also granted increasing production of ductile iron pipe production from 0.3 MTPA to 0.5 MTPA and castings of 0.1 MTPA at the company's existing facility located in West Bengal, Tata Metaliks said in an exchange filing.
Nifty's 10,700 call option contract was among the most active option contracts on the National Stock Exchange ahead of futures and options expiry of derivative contracts for the month of January.
Premium on the contract surged 11 percent to Rs 18.50. Over 9.18 lakh shares were added to the open interest which stood at over 37.12 lakh shares.
Shares of Bharti Airtel rose as much as 1.6 percent to Rs 308.65.
Qatar Investment Authority will infuse $200 million or Rs 1,400 crore in the telecom operator’s Africa unit. The investment authority will own less than 4 percent stake in African unit. (more details here). Besides, the company is set to announce its quarterly earnings for the three months ended December.
The stock declined 29 percent in the past 12 months compared to a 0.9 percent gain in the Sensex.
Key Earnings Highlights (Q3, YoY)
Here’s what analysts had to say about ICICI Bank:
CLSA
Morgan Stanley
Macquarie
Indian equity benchmarks traded higher in the open. The S&P BSE Sensex Index rose as much as 0.7 percent to 35,840.82 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index rose as much as 0.53 percent to 10,707.85.
The market breadth was tilted in favour of buyers. About 993 stocks advanced and 465 shares declined on National Stock Exchange. Nine out of 11 sectoral gauges compiled by NSE advanced, led by the NSE Nifty PSU bank Index’s 1.4 percent gain. On the flipside, the NSE Nifty Media Index was the top sectoral loser, down 0.4 percent.
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