Sensex slips 433 points ahead of AGR hearing; Nifty Bank down over 2%
The domestic stock market ended over 1 per cent lower on Friday amid selling in financial counters ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) issue. Further, weak global cues such as lacklustre Chinese economic data and confusion over US fiscal stimulus, too, weighed on investor sentiment.
The S&P BSE Sensex today shed 433 points or 1.13 per cent to settle at 37,877 levels. HDFC Bank, ITC, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and Reliance Industries (RIL) were the major contributors to the index’s loss. NSE’s Nifty ended at 11,178, down 122 points or 1.08 per cent.
Banking stocks cracked at the bourses in the later afternoon session on Friday, dragging the benchmark indices S&P BSE Sensex and NSE’s Nifty50 nearly 1 per cent lower. Nifty Bank index declined 3.3 per cent to trade at 21,459 level on the NSE and was trading as the top sectoral loser. Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Financial Services indices were down around 3 per cent each at 2:30 pm.
Ramco Cements shares declined over 2.7 per cent on the BSE on Friday after the company reported a profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 157.50 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, down 43 per cent against Rs 279.93 crore profit in the year-ago period. Revenue dropped 24 per cent YoY to Rs 1,056.79 crore from Rs 1,396.82 crore.
Shares of Hindalco Industries slipped 1.5 per cent to Rs 180.65 on the BSE on Friday aftet the company reported its June quarter result.The company reported loss of Rs 709 crore in the recently concluded quarter, as against a profit of Rs 1,063 crore in the year-ago period. Sequentially, the profit was Rs 668 crore in the March quarter of FY20. That apart, its revenue from operations skid from Rs 29,972 crore in Q1FY20 to Rs 25,283 crore in the June quarter of this fiscal. EBITDA came in at Rs 2,359 crore, down from Rs 3,769 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.
Shares of Balkrishna Ind dropped 5% post weak Q1 result and declared a dividend of Rs 3/share. Besides, its consolidated net revenue stood at Rs 942.61 crore, down 21.38 per cent on a yearly basis, from Rs 1,198.93 crore in Q1FY20. EBITDA came in at Rs 240.43 crore in Q1FY21, registering a de-growth of 10.3 per cent YoY from Rs 268.04 crore reported last year. EBITDA margin, on the other hand, improved to 25.51 per cent up 3.15 per cent YoY.
Shares of Hero MotoCorp slid 2 per cent to Rs 2,757.66 on the BSE after the two-wheeler maker reported a 95 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 57.78 for the quarter ended June 30 (Q1FY21), on account of lower sales due to Covid-19 pandemic. Total income during the quarter under review declined to Rs 3,119.22 crore as compared with Rs 8,410.41 crore in the year-ago period, Hero MotoCorp said in a regulatory filing.
Shares of Eicher Motors dipped 3% after posting a loss of Rs 55 crore in June quarter. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) were at Rs 4 crore in the quarter as compared to Rs 614 crore in the same quarter of previous financial year.
Shares of Redington India were in focus and jumped 18% post June quarter nos. The company’s net profit declined 19.31 per cent to Rs 88.78 crore during the quarter as against Rs 110.03 crore profit logged during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Total revenue came in at Rs 10,722 crore, down 8.2 per cent as against Rs 11,686.6 crore in the year-ago period.
Shared of 3M India slid 4% on consolidated net loss of Rs 43 crore in June quarter. It’s standalone net loss came in at Rs 39.91 crore during the quarter under review, compared to Rs 84.9 crore profit in the year-ago period. Besides, it reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 54.17 crore, down from Rs 131 crore pre-tax profit reported in Q1FY20. Total income from operation (including other income) stood at Rs 326.6 crore, down from Rs 747.63 crore earned in Q1FY20.
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