The Reserve Bank on Friday raised the key interest rate by 50 basis points, the third straight increase since May in an effort to cool stubbornly high inflation and defend the rupee. The repurchase rate was raised by 50 basis points to lift the interest rate to the pre-pandemic level. The 5.40 per cent repo [...]
Welspun Corp Limited (WCL) on Thursday said its standalone net profit rose by 37 per cent to Rs 80.50 crore for the three months to June 2022 on the back of higher income. The company's standalone net profit stood at Rs 58.73 crore in the year-ago period, according to a regulatory filing. Its total income [...]
Cement maker Dalmia Bharat Ltd on Thursday reported a 26.78 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 205 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 280 crore during the April-June quarter a year ago, Dalmia Bharat said in a regulatory filing. Its [...]
Mortgage financier LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL) reported a multifold rise in its profit after tax at Rs 925.48 crore for the quarter ended June 30 on lower provisioning and higher loan growth. The company had reported a profit after tax of Rs 153.44 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. "In Q1 of [...]
Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) on Thursday reported a 76.48 per cent rise in consolidated profit at Rs 468.74 crore for the first quarter ended June on the back of higher revenue from operations. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 265.60 crore in the year-ago period, AEL said in a regulatory filing. [...]
Air conditioning and commercial refrigeration maker Blue Star Ltd on Thursday saw its consolidated net profit jump to Rs 74.35 crore in the June quarter on higher demand. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 12.71 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago, Blue Star said in a regulatory filing. Its [...]
Adani Group on Thursday said it will acquire Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund's toll road portfolio in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat for Rs 3,110 crore. The portfolio of 972 lane km has a long concession life with established traffic in strategically located and important traffic corridors in western and southern India, the group said in a [...]
Berger Paints India Ltd on Thursday reported an increase of 80.60 per cent in consolidated net profit to Rs 253.71 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 140.48 crore in the April-June period a year ago, Berger Paints said in a regulatory filing. Its [...]
Equity benchmarks snapped their six-session rally to close marginally lower on Thursday amid profit booking in banking and energy counters. Investors also stayed on the sidelines ahead of the RBI's policy meet outcome on Friday. In choppy trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 51.73 points or 0.09 per cent lower at 58,298.80. During the day, [...]
Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd on Thursday reported 84 per cent fall in consolidated net profit at Rs 12.38 crore for the quarter ended June. Its net profit stood at Rs 76.92 crore in the year-ago period. Total income fell to Rs 1,094.58 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,145.68 crore in the corresponding period of [...]
