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Consumer electrical goods maker Havells India Ltd on Friday reported a 16.64 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 289.71 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, hit by higher raw material and input costs due to West Asia war and higher spending on advertising and promotion. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 347.53 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal, Havells India Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations in the first quarter stood at Rs 6,518.19 crore as against Rs 5,455.35 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses in the quarter under review were higher at Rs 6,180.06 crore as compared to Rs 5,054.78 crore in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said. Cost of raw materials and components consumed shot up to Rs 4,023.54 crore in the first quarter as compared to Rs 3,012.26 crore in the same period last fiscal. Advertisement and sales promotion expenses were at Rs 286.51 crore in the first
Public sector lender Central Bank of India on Friday reported a 13 per cent growth in net profit to Rs 1,324 crore for the June quarter. The lender had earned a net profit of Rs 1,169 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. The total income rose to Rs 10,678 crore during the June 2026 quarter from Rs 10,360 crore in the same period of FY26, Central Bank of India said in a regulatory filing. During the quarter, interest earned by the bank improved to Rs 9,691 crore compared to Rs 8,589 crore in the June quarter of FY26. However, the bank's operating profit declined to Rs 2,186 crore from Rs 2,304 crore in the year-ago period. The bank's asset quality witnessed improvement with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) moderating to 2.60 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter, from 3.13 per cent a year ago. Net NPAs of the bank remained stable at 0.49 per cent at the end of June 30, 2026. As a result, provisions for bad loans declined significantly to Rs