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Fag-end buying lifts Sensex 114 pts, Nifty above 18,100; Metal index up 4%

CLOSING BELL: A late rally on Dalal Street helped the benchmark indices end a lacklustre trading session on a positive note. Metals, select financial shares led the pullback.

Vedanta hits 5-month high; rallies 16% in four days on heavy volumes

For the July-September quarter (Q2FY23), the metals and mining major reported a 60.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,808 crore on the back of higher expenses

HPCL slips 4%, nears 52-week low on net loss in September quarter

The state-owned oil marketing company reported the second straight quarterly loss despite revenue rising 30 per cent to Rs 1.13 trillion.

Sensex recoups 350pts from day's low, ends flat; Nifty holds 18K; SBI up 2%

CLOSING BELL: IT, Power stocks logged significant losses, even as select financial stocks gained.

SBI gains 2% to hit a new high ahead of Q2FY23 results

The stock of state-owned lender surpassed its previous high of Rs 586.1, which it had touched on October 25, 2022

Cochin Shipyard hits new high after a 5-year gap; zooms 96% in 4 months

The stock hit a new high of Rs 610.75, and has rallied 12 per cent in past two days, surpassing its previous high of Rs 598.90, touched on November 24, 2017.

Stock of this pharma company has zoomed nearly 90% in last four months

In the past three months, Unichem Labs has received abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) approvals for four drugs from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)

Relaxo Footwears tanks 7%, hits 52-week low on weak Q2 performance

In Q2, EBITDA margins declined to 8.9 per cent, down 445 bps YoY and 400 bps on QoQ, due to higher raw material cost.

Varun Beverages soars 12% in 3 days, nears record high on strong Q3 results

Going ahead, VBL expects double-digit volume growth to continue, led by 5-10 per cent annual outlet expansion and growth in revenue per outlet

Sensex snaps 4-day winning run, slips 215 pts ahead of US Fed rate decision

Market Wrap: Bharti Airtel, Maruti, HCL Technologies and Hindustan Unilever were the prominent losers, while ITC and Sun Pharma finished with steady gains.

Stock of this IT enabled services company has zoomed 73% in 11 trading days

Shares of Axiscades Technologies continued their northward movement as they froze 10 per cent upper circuit at Rs 282.95 per share in Wednesday's intra-day trade

ITC hits new high in a subdued market; zooms 63% thus far in 2022

Post Q2 results, most brokerages have either recommended a 'buy' and an 'accumulate' rating on ITC with target prices in the range of Rs 365 to Rs 405

Cochin Shipyard, Mazagon Dock soar up to 8% on hopes of strong Q2 results

Thus far in FY23, MDL (up 277%), GRSE (201%) and Cochin Shipyard (185%) have seen their market price appreciated more than 100%, as against nearly 4% rise in Sensex.

Max Healthcare rallies 5%; hits record high on healthy Q2 results

The growth in Q2FY23 revenue and operating EBITDA were driven by higher occupancies, improved payor mix, and increased ARR in OPD.

LIC Housing Finance plunges 13% on disappointing September quarter results

LIC Housing Finance's net interest income (NII) declined by 0.8 per cent to Rs 1,163 crore in the reporting quarter from Rs 1,173 crore a year ago.

NTPC surges over 4% on heavy volumes; stock nears 5-year high

With strong focus on alternate energy spectrum, analysts at ICICI Securities believe NTPC may be able to break the underperformance of the last decade

Sun Pharma extends gains post September quarter earnings; up 6% in two days

The management said the strong revenue and margins were driven by market share gain in India, sustained ramp-up of the company's global specialty business and growth in Emerging Markets

Nykaa climbs 6% after net profit jumps 363% YoY to Rs 5 crore in Q2FY23

The Indian cosmetic-to-fashion retailer's total income, meanwhile, climbed 38 per cent YoY to Rs 1,237.3 crore in Q2FY23 from Rs 890.4 crore in Q2FY22

Larsen & Toubro nears record high after strong Q2FY23, healthy order book

Analysts believe that L&T is well-placed to benefit from overall diversified tender prospects with better order conversion in the domestic market

Motherson Sumi Wiring slips 6% on margin disappointment in Q2

MSWIL said margin was impacted due to initial one-time startup costs of new programs at Bengaluru, and a new facility at Chennai