A broker speaks on telephones on the trading floor. (Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)
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Feb 11, 2021
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.
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.
The tyre makerreported 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.
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.
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.