Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.’s profit nearly doubled year-on-year to Rs 504 crore in the second quarter of the financial year, exceeding analyst estimates of Rs 354 crore.
Revenue rose 7.2 percent to Rs 3,817 crore, also higher than the Rs 3,783 crore estimate.
Sales in North America rose 0.4 percent to Rs 1,426 crore while in Europe jumped 21 percent to Rs 191 crore.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose 25.5 percent year-on-year to Rs 864 crore while Ebitda margin rose to 22.8 percent from 19.4 percent in the same quarter last year.
Shares of the country’s largest cigarette maker extended decline and fell as much as 4 percent, the most since Oct. 5, to Rs 276 after it reported July-September quarter earnings.
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Shares of the Mumbai-based agricultural chemicals maker erased gains and fell as much as 1.6 percent to Rs 590 after its profit missed estimates in July-September quarter.
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Shares of the Raipur-based steel maker rose as much as 7.83 percent to Rs 412 after its profit more than doubled in July-September quarter.
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Indian equity benchmarks came off intraday low levels led by gains in Reliance Industries, HDFC, Tata Motors and ICICI Bank.
The Sensex fell 0.2 percent or 72 points to 33,617 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index declined 0.17 percent or 19 points to 10,106.
Thirteen of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE were trading higher led by the S&P BSE Consumer Durables Index's 1.8 percent gain. On the other hand, the S&P BSE IT Index was top loser, down 1.4 percent.
The overall breadth was neutral as 1,200 were advancing while a little over 1,100 were declining on the BSE.
Nifty has strong support at 10,000 and next two-three quarters will be challenging for the equity markets, says Nilesh Shah of Envision Capital told BloombergQuint in an interview.
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Ambuja Cements had more shares trade in block deals after 60 lakh shares changed hands in morning deals.
Ambuja Cements had additional 48 lakh shares changed hands on the National Stock Exchange in two separate block deals of 38 lakh shares and 10 lakh shares. Stock down 1 percent at Rs 190.50.
Buyers and sellers were not immediately known
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Shares of the Mumbai-based financial services company held on to gains and rose as much as 5 percent to Rs 140.55 after it reported September quarter earnings.
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Nifty Bank's 25,000 strike price call option contract was the most active option contracts on the National Stock Exchange.
Premium on the contract fell 43 percent to Rs 132.65. Over 2.45 lakh shares were added to the open interest which stood at 7.01 lakh shares.
Shares of the Mumbai-based textile maker rose as much as 8.34 percent to Rs 670 after it reported July-September quarter earnings.
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Buyers and sellers were not immediately known
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Shares of the Mumbai-based steel products maker rose as much as 11.57 percent, the most in over three months, to Rs 48.70.
Kridhan Infra informed exchanges that its arm — Vijay Nirman Company Pvt. Ltd. secured order worth Rs 167 crore for civil construction work.
Shares of the Ahmedabad-based mining company fell as much as 9.32 percent, the most in nearly two years, to Rs 81.25 after it reported loss in July-September quarter.
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RBI Asks Ujjivan, Equitas To List Small Finance Banks Separately
Shares of the Mumbai-based private sector lender fell as much as 15 percent, the most in a month, to Rs 168.60 after its profit missed Bloomberg consensus estimates in September quarter.
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Meanwhile, brokerages have maintained their stance on the stock with CLSA cutting target price to Rs 300 from Rs 450, implying a potential upside of 51 percent from yesterday's closing price.
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