Stocks in the news: Airtel, HDFC, TaMo, Yes Bank, Maruti and Hero Moto

Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded merely 19 points, or 0.11 per cent higher at 18,016, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a positive start on Tuesday. Here are a dozen stocks which may buzz the most in today’s trade:

Airtel, Sun Pharma, Dabur: Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Dabur India,

, P&G Hygiene and Healthcare, , Jindal Steel and Power, Trent, of India, , , and India are among the companies that will announce their September quarter results today.

HDFC: Improved asset and higher loan sales helped the private home loan provider reported a 31.7 per cent growth in net income at Rs 3,780.5 crore for the September quarter from Rs 2,870 crore a year ago.



Tata Motors: The auto major reported a widening of consolidated net loss to Rs 4,415.54 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, due to higher expenses and lower sales of its British arm JLR following semiconductor shortage. The company had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 307.26 crore in the same period last fiscal.


Hero MotoCorp:
The country’s largest two-wheeler maker reported a 32 per cent dip in total sales to 5,47,970 units for October. The company had sold 8,06,848 units in the corresponding month of the previous year.

Maruti Suzuki India: The country’s largest carmaker reported a 24 per cent decline in sales at 1,38,335 units in October. The company had sold 1,82,448 units in October last year.

Yes Bank: The private lender said it has appointed Sharad Sharma as a non-executive director with effect from November 1, 2021. “Sharad Sharma has been co-opted as non-executive director of the board of the bank with effect from November 1, 2021, to broad base the board,” Yes Bank said in a release.

KPIT Technologies: The auto industry-focused IT firm reported more than doubling of its September quarter net profit at Rs 65.1 crore, and also upped its performance guidance for the remainder of the fiscal as demand for services has revived fast.

Bayer Cropscience: The agrochemical reported a 31.38 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 154.1 crore for the quarter ended September. The company’s net profit during the corresponding period of 2020-21 stood at Rs 224.6 crore.


Bajaj Consumer Care:
The FMCG firm reported a 18.30 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 46.50 crore for the second quarter ended in September 2021. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 56.92 crore for the July-September quarter a year ago.

Star Cement: The cement maker reported a 22.79 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 46.53 crore for the second quarter ended in September 2021. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 60.27 crore for the July-September quarter a year ago.


Punjab & Sind Bank:
The public sector lender reported a net profit of Rs 218.28 crore in the quarter ended in September 2021 on the back of NPA recovery. The bank had reported a net loss of Rs 401.27 crore in the year-ago period but had a net profit of Rs 173.85 crore in the April-June 2021 quarter.

NCC: The construction player said it has bagged a new order worth Rs 442 crore in October. The project pertains to mining division and was received from a state government agency, and does not include any internal order.

India: The disinvestment-bound firm reported a 71.26 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 243 crore for the second quarter ended on September 30, 2021. The shipping company had reported a net profit of Rs 141.89 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

Aditya Birla Capital: The financial services player reported its highest ever quarterly profit of Rs 377 crore on a consolidated basis in July-September 2021 on the back of strong growth across its business verticals. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 264 crore in the same period a year ago.


Patel Engineering:
The engineering player posted a net profit of Rs 6.84 crore in the September quarter on the back of higher revenues. The company had reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 71.57 crore in the same period last fiscal.

Mold-Tek Packaging: The container and packaging player said its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended September 30 was up by over 30 per cent to Rs 17.59 crore against Rs 13.46 crore in the previous corresponding period.

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