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Merger of 7 subsidiaries with Tata Steel to complete by FY24: CEO Narendran

The merger of 7 subsidiary companies with Tata Steel is expected to be completed in 2023-24 fiscal year, its CEO and managing director T V Narendran said. In September 2022, Tata Steel board had approved a proposal to merge six of its subsidiaries into itself for greater synergies, higher efficiency and reduce costs. "We had already announced (merger of) 6 companies earlier. (Merger of) one more Angul Energy we announced recently," he told PTI in reply to a question on the timeline for the merger. However, the completion of the merger depends on the regulatory processes including NCLT clearances, post which the process is expected to be completed in the next financial year, the CEO said. "We are dependent on the speed at which we can go through our regulatory requirements," he added. Besides Angul Energy, the six subsidiaries to be merged with Tata Steel are Tata Steel Long Products (TSPL), The Tinplate Company of India, Tata Metaliks, TRF, Indian Steel & Wire Products, and Tata .

European banks operating in India seek 2-year breather for ESMA deadline

Resolution between ESMA, RBI before May 1, 2023 seen as unlikely

Six of top-10 firms lose Rs 49,231 crore in m-cap; HUL biggest laggard

The combined valuation of six of the 10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 49,231.44 crore last week, with FMCG major Hindustan Unilever taking the biggest hit. Last week, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 159.18 points or 0.26 per cent. While Bharti Airtel, ITC, ICICI Bank and HDFC twins were the other laggards from the top-10 pack, TCS, SBI, Reliance Industries and Infosys posted gains. However, the combined market valuation gain of the four firms at Rs 35,840.35 crore was less than the total loss suffered by the six companies. The market valuation of Hindustan Unilever plummeted by Rs 15,918.48 crore to reach Rs 6,05,759.87 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of Bharti Airtel tanked by Rs 12,540.63 crore to Rs 4,29,474.82 crore and that of ITC plunged by Rs 11,420.89 crore to Rs 4,60,932.38 crore. ICICI Bank lost Rs 6,863.37 crore to stand at Rs 5,95,885.63 crore. The mcap of HDFC Bank dipped by Rs 1,255 crore to Rs 9,23,933.45 crore and that of HDFC fell Rs 1,233.07 crore to

Macro data, global cues to guide markets this week, say analysts

Trading activity in the domestic equity markets this week will be largely driven by inflation data, trend in global markets and foreign fund movement, analysts said. Participants will also monitor developments related to the Adani Group crisis, which has been a major overhang recently, they added. "...the movement of crude oil, the dollar index, and US bond yields will be other important factors. The institutional flow will be important as FIIs' selling has come down after relentless selling in January," Santosh Meena, Head of Research at Swastika Investmart Ltd, said. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth a net Rs 144.73 crore last week. This week, the market will be awaiting key inflation data from the US and India for clues on the rate hike trajectory of central banks. Retail inflation data for both the US and India is scheduled to be announced on Tuesday. Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the key benchmark policy rate by 25 basis point

Nayara Energy Q3 profit up 2% as shutdown, windfall tax impact margins

Nayara Energy, India's second largest private oil refining and fuel marketing company, saw its net profit rise by a marginal 2 per cent in the third quarter ended December 31 as the company undertook a month-long maintenance shutdown and windfall tax impacted margins. Net profit of Rs 869.8 crore in October-December compared with Rs 850.3 crore profit in the same period a year back, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. Revenue from operations dropped to Rs 24,757.7 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 32,412.9 crore a year back. This was mainly because the company fully shut its 400,000 barrels per day or 20 million tonnes per annum Vadinar refinery in Gujarat for about a month in November for routine maintenance. The firm also operates a network of 6,497 petrol pumps or 7.5 per cent of all fuel stations in the country. For the first nine months of the current fiscal, Nayara reported a net profit of Rs 6,226.9 crore on a turnover of Rs 1 lakh cr

Sensex snaps 2-day winning run amid weak global cues; metal stocks weigh

Equity benchmark Sensex declined 123 points on Friday due to selling pressure in metal and energy stocks amid a bearish trend in global equity markets. Rising crude prices and continued selling by foreign investors also weighed on market sentiment, traders said. Snapping its two-day gaining streak, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 123.52 points or 0.20 per cent lower at 60,682.70. During the session, the index touched a high of 60,774.14 and a low of 60,501.74. The broader NSE Nifty slipped 36.95 points or 0.21 per cent to finish at 17,856.50. HCL Tech was the biggest loser on the Sensex chart, shedding 2.79 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, ITC, Wipro, Infosys and M&M. In contrast, Tata Motors, L&T, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and SBI were among the winners, climbing up to 2.05 per cent. In the broader market, the BSE midcap gauge rose 0.04 per cent, and the smallcap index gained 0.48 per cent. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong ...

MSCI cuts HCL Tech's weightage; stock trades as top loser on Sensex, Nifty

Shares of HCL Technologies slipped 3.3 per cent to Rs 1,108.55 on the BSE in Friday's intra-day trade on profit booking

HG Infra hits 52-week high, rallies 13% in two days post Q3 results

As of December 31, 2022, the company's strong order book stood at Rs 11,064 crore

Stock of this Murugappa Group company has zoomed over 100% in 9 months

CG Power hit a new high of Rs 327, surging 5 per cent in the intra-day trade, after MSCI decided to include the Murugappa Group company in India index

Zomato dips 7% on profit booking as loss widens to Rs 347 crore in Q3

Global brokerage Jefferies believes outlook seems positive as break-even target stays, as early as Q4FY23 - another positive in the context of Zomato Gold

Paytm slips 9% intra-day as nearly 5% equity changes hands on NSE

Till 09:50 am; around 32.25 million equity shares, representing nearly 5 per cent of total equity of Paytm, had changed hands on the counter, data showed

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities suggests Bull Spread strategy on IGL

The stock price of Indraprastha Gas (IGL) has been taking support at 200 day EMA since January 2023

Stay selective on defensives amid current market volatility: Analysts

Given the uncertainty on how the market trajectory may play out ahead, analysts believe investors can rotate allocation from high beta stocks to defensive plays albeit selectively

LIC's net income jumps manifold to Rs 8,334.2 crore in December quarter

Public sector insurer LIC on Thursday reported manifold jump in net income at Rs 8,334.2 crore during the three months ended December 2022 as against Rs 235 crore a year ago. The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) earned Rs 1,11,787.6 crore in net premium income during the reporting quarter as against Rs 97,620.34 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing. The numbers are strictly not comparable as the insurer was not a publicly traded company earlier. LIC's income from investments rose to Rs 84,889 crore from Rs 76,574.24 crore a year ago, the filing said. Its investments into the crisis-ridden Adani Group has been under tremendous criticism even though the value of the investment of close to Rs 36,000 crore are still in the green despite those shares losing almost 60 per cent of their value since January 25.

Hindalco PAT drops 63% in December quarter on elevated input costs

Hindalco Industries, the Aditya Birla Group metals flagship, on Thursday posted a 62.9 per cent decline in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 1,362 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 mainly due to elevated input costs, unfavourable macros and inflationary impacts. The company had posted consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 3,675 crore in the year-ago period, Hindalco said in a regulatory filing. "Consolidated PAT in Q3 FY23 was at Rs 1,362 crore compared to Rs 3,675 crore in Q3 FY22, a decline of 63 per cent YoY (Year-on-Year)," the company said in a statement. However, the revenue from operations in the third quarter increased to Rs 53,151 crore, over Rs 50,272 crore a year ago, the filing said. "Though the India aluminium upstream business EBITDA came under pressure from the surge in input costs and lower realisations, this was partially offset by higher volumes. The India aluminium downstream business segment delivered a higher EBITDA YoY, due to higher volumes

Page Industries slips 4%, hits 52-week low on disappointing Q3 results

Ebitda margin contracted by 530 bps year-on-year, and 320 bps quarter-on-quarter to 15.8 per cent, primarily due to lower absorption, advertising and manpower costs

Adani Wilmar bucks weak trend in group companies; surges 5% post Q3 results

The stock of Adani Wilmar has recovered 9 per cent from its intra-day low of Rs 405.10, lifted by heavy volume. In the past three days, it has bounced back 16 per cent

Quake toll surpasses 11,000; Turkey Halts Trading After $35-Bn Wipeout

The tally was expected to rise as hundreds of collapsed buildings in many cities have become tombs for people who had been asleep in the homes when the quake hit in the early morning

Here's why Macquarie has double upgraded Paytm's stock to 'Outperform'

Following the upgrade, shares of Paytm surged 18.5 per cent to an intra-day high Rs 698 per share on the BSE on Wednesday

New-age stocks in focus; Paytm, Policybazaar, Zomato, Nykaa gain up to 10%

In the past one year, these stocks have underperformed the market by falling between 31 per cent and 53 per cent, as against 5 per cent rise in the Sensex