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Sensex, Nifty Snap Two Session Losing Streak

Sensex, Nifty Snap Two Session Losing Streak
A broker speaks on telephones on the trading floor. (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)
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Indian equity benchmarks held on to the comeback in afternoon trade, snapping a two-session losing streak, as investors weighed the benchmark index's pace of gains against a slew of better-than-expected local earnings.

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  • Revenues up 2.1% at Rs 23,686.03 crore vs Rs 23,190.49 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 2461.8 crore)
  • Net profit down 21.4% at Rs 3,085.39 crore vs Rs 3,923.87 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 4,171.5 crore)
  • Ebidta up 3.9% at Rs 5,164.8 crore vs Rs 4,968.8 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 5702.2 cr)
  • Margins at 21.8% vs 21.4%

Arvind Ltd., an Indian textile maker, jumped as much as 11% to the highest level since June 2019. Trading volume was ~ 3x the 3-month, full-daily average.

“On all parameters, the business is doing better than expected, be it recovery or debt repayment,” said Nihal Jham, an analyst at Edelweiss Securities, who has a buy rating on the stock.

  • Revenue Rs 355 crore, -26% y/y
  • Net profit Rs 62.7 crore, -37% y/y, estimate Rs 12.8 crore (range 1.01 billion to 1.59 billion) (Bloomberg Consensus)
  • Total costs Rs 310 crore, -19% y/y
  • Other income Rs 30.8 cror
    Dividend per share Re 1

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The L&T unit is lower for the sixth straight day, on track for the longest losing streak since the period ended Feb. 26, 2019.

In the past, the stock has rebounded 2.6% on average in the week following six straight days of losses.

The tyre maker reported a profit of Rs 511.72 crore during the quarter ended December, as compared to Rs 236.63 crore in the year-ago period, an increase of around 116%.

Total revenue rose to Rs 4,567 crore from Rs 4008.89 crore in the year-ago period, an increase of around 14%.

  • Other income Rs 63.38 crore
  • Dividend per share Rs 3
  • MRF approved raising up to Rs 1,000 crore via debentures.

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Shares of HCL Infosystems declined nearly 5% after the I.T. firm reported a loss of Rs 34.32 crore for the quarter ended December.

The losses are primarily on account of delayed receipts on certain system integration contracts, certain historical low margin contracts, slow-down of distribution businesses and finance costs, the company filing said.

Meanwhile, the company's board of directors has also approved the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary HCL Infotech to Novezo Consulting at a purchase price based on the enterprise value of HCL Infotech as of the date of the share transfer.

Click here to read what brokerages made of its Q3 earnings.

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Affle India Ltd. rose 8.9% with its trading volume at nine times the daily average. The stock was the best performer among its peers.

Trading volume was 64,685 shares, nine times the 20-day average of 7,049 shares for this time of day. The relative strength index on the stock was above 70, indicating it may be overbought.

Stock advanced 177% in the past 52 weeks while the Sensex gained 25% during the same period. The shares are up 33% in the past 5 days.

According to Bloomberg date, it trades at 127 times its estimated earnings per share for the coming year. It trades at 196 times trailing EPS.

Click here to read what brokerages made of its Q3 earnings.

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