Hardware and systems integrator company HCL Infosystems posted a 1.5 per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter ended December 31, 2009. Net profit stood at Rs 56.09 crore compared with Rs 55.25 crore in the year-ago period.

HCL Infosystems net up 1.5%

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Hero Honda today reported a 78.3 per cent jump in its third quarter net profit at Rs 535.7 crore on the back of quarterly sales volume of over a million units.

Hero Honda net vrooms 78%

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Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, the country&rsquo;s largest zinc producer, posted its first increase in quarterly profits in more than a year on higher zinc and aluminum prices. Consolidated net profits after exceptional items rose 42.35 per cent to Rs 731.3 crore on the back of a 49 per cent spike in gross sales for the quarter ended December 2009, the Mumbai-based company said in a statement.

Sterlite net up 42.5%

Loans taken for acquiring Novelis caused a dip in the net profit of the Aditya Birla Group&rsquo;s Hindalco Industries. The profit dipped 21.65 per cent to Rs 427 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, from Rs 545 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Hindalco net slips on debt

State-owned lender Andhra Bank has reported a 29.1 per cent increase in net to Rs 275 crore for the quarter ended December 2009 compared with Rs 213 crore during the same period last year. Total business was up 23.03 per cent to Rs 117,899 crore, including Rs 66,547 crore of deposits and Rs 51,352 crore of advances, during the quarter from Rs 95,822 crore last year.

Andhra Bank net up 29%

Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) has posted a four-fold rise in net profit, at Rs 115.36 crore, for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, the company said in a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Guj State Petronet Dec qtr net zooms 4-fold

Sees 5.5% rise to Rs 649 crore on robust sales of skin creams.

HUL net grows first time in 3 qtrs

Cost optimisation and the lack of derivative impact has helped Himatsingka Seide, the Bangalore-headquartered woven silk and home furnishings manufacturer and exporter, get back into the black. The company reported a net profit of Rs 5.22 crore for the third quarter-ended on December 31, 2009, as against a loss of Rs 32.95 crore during the corresponding period of last year.

Himatsingka net back in black

Bangalore-based public-sector lender Vijaya Bank reported a 20.65 per cent decline in net profit to Rs 124.57 crore for the third quarter-ended on December 31, 2009, compared with Rs 156.99 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The bank has attributed the dip to low earnings from treasury and provision of Rs 113.17 crore for a non-performing asset.

Vijaya Bank net down 20.65%

State-owned lender Andhra Bank reported a 29.1 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 275 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, as compared with Rs 213 crore during the same period last year.

Andhra Bank net up 29 pc

The company had a net profit of Rs 708.37 crore in the December quarter of FY09, Bank Of Baroda said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Bank of Baroda Q3 net up 18%

Driven by healthy growth across key personal care categories, the homegrown FMCG major Dabur today reported a 28 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 137.84 crore for the third quarter ended December over the corresponding period last fiscal.

Dabur Q3 net jumps 28% to Rs 138 cr

The company had a net loss of Rs 422 crore in the same period previous fiscal, HPCL said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

HPCL back in black with Rs 31 cr net in Q3

Home appliance maker Whirlpool today reported over two-fold increase in its profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 16.16 crore for the quarter ended on December.

Whirlpool Q3 net up by two fold

The company had a net profit of Rs 670.79 crore in the December quarter of FY09, DLF said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

DLF Q3 net declines 30% to Rs 468 cr

FMCG firm Jyothy Laboratories today reported a 24.92 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 16.84 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, as compared to the same quarter year ago.

Jyothy Labs Q3 net up 25% at Rs 17 cr

With a modest rise in net interest income (NII) and decline in treasury income, Bank of Borada (BoB) has posted a net profit growth of 17.5 per cent to Rs 832.49 crore for the quarter ended December compared to Rs 708.37 crore recorded in the same period of the previous year.

BoB net jumps 17.5%

Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday reported a marginal rise in its net profit for the third quarter of the current financial year at Rs 1,011 crore, up 0.54 per cent from Rs 1,005 crore in the corresponding period of 2008-09. Total income also remained flat at Rs 6,236.55 crore in the quarter. In the year ago period, it stood at Rs 6,236.16 crore led by treasury gains.

PNB net flat due to treasury hit

Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (IDFC) reported a 46 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 269 crore for the third quarter of 2009-10 from Rs 184 crore in the year-ago quarter.

IDFC consolidated net profit up 46 per cent

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), the country's second largest producer, reported Rs 1,676 crore net profit for the quarter ended December 31, nearly double the Rs 843 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, at the back of rising demand from auto and construction sectors.

SAIL net profit doubles to Rs 1,676 crore

Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals posted a 64 per cent increase in net profit during the quarter ended December on the back of higher sales and lower forex losses.

Torrent Pharma's net up 64%

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