Hindustan Zinc's growth in Q3 was supported by higher production, rising zinc and silver prices, lower production costs, a stronger dollar, and improved by-product realisations
In the past two months, the market price of Hindustan Zinc has appreciated by 39 per cent.
Q3FY26 company results: Firms including Punjab National Bank, LTIMindtree, Tata Capital, Oberoi Realty, Ceat, and Hatsun Agro Product are also to release their October-December earnings reports today
At 10:21 AM on Wednesday, the Nifty Metal index was the top gainer among the sectoral indices up 2 per cent, as compared to 0.23 per cent decline in the Nifty 50
Hindustan Zinc Limited share price rose as buying interest emerged after silver scaled a fresh high on geopolitical tension
Traditionally, Q4 is seasonally strong for volume push, and thus, analysts expect most steel companies to foresee very sharp reversal in margins in Q4FY26.
However, in the past one month, the Nifty Metal index has rallied 10 per cent, as against 0.17 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
Prices of MCX Silver futures (March 2026 expiry) fell nearly 4 per cent, slipping below the ₹2.5 lakh per kilogram mark on Thursday
In the past one month, the stock price of Hindustan Zinc, Nalco, Vedanta, Hindalco Industries and SAIL have rallied between 15% and 32%.
On Wednesday, Silver prices tumbled with MCX Silver futures (March 2026 expiry) hitting a low of ₹2,32,228 per kilogram
Devarsh Vakil, Head of Prime Research at HDFC Securities reckons that investors should wait for a 10-15 per cent price correction in Hindustan Copper and Hindustan Zinc.
At 09:55 AM; Nifty Metal index, the top gainer among sectoral indices on Monday, was up 1.5 per cent, as compared to 0.08 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
On Monday, Silver prices hit a record high with MCX Silver futures (March 2026 expiry) hitting ₹2,14,583 per kilogram
Metal stocks in demand: Analysts expect non-ferrous players to witness margin expansion in Q3 with LME prices continuing an uptrend compared to Q2.
n the past five sessions, Hindustan Zinc share price has gained over 12 per cent
Hindustan Zinc share price has more room to extend their ongoing winning streak with a potential gain towards ₹570-₹580, analysts said
Among other metal shares, GMDC soared 7 per cent, while NALCO gained 4 per cent and was seen trading near its life-time in trades on Friday.
The firm has set a target price of ₹610 for HZL, valuing the zinc and lead businesses at 9x EV/Ebitda and the silver segment at 15x EV/Ebitda on FY28E estimates
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Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd on Friday reported a 13.8 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,649 crore for quarter ended September 30, 2025. The company had posted consolidated net profit of Rs 2,327 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated income of the company in the July-September period increased to Rs 8,787 crore, over Rs 8,522 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a leading integrated zinc producer and is amongst the top five silver producers globally. The company supplies to more than 40 countries and holds a market share of about 77 per cent of the primary zinc market in India.