Results: SAIL, JPAsso, Zee, Ibulls, LICHsg, PFC etc

SAIL Q2 net up 18% at Rs 2,010 cr

State-run Steel Authority of India today said its net profit for the second quarter ended September 30 stood at Rs 2,009.60 crore, a 18.19 per cent growth over the corresponding period a year-ago. The firm had a net profit of Rs 1,700.24 crore in the September quarter of FY'08, SAIL said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The total income rose 34 per cent to Rs 1,2660.99 crore in the reviewed quarter, from Rs 9,467.75 crore in the year-ago period. For the six month ended September 30, the company reported a net profit of Rs 3,644.79 crore, a 13 per cent growth over the corresponding year-ago period. The company had a net profit of Rs 3,225.36 crore in the September quarter of last fiscal. The net sales increased to Rs 25,727.73 crore during the six months, from Rs 19,270.08 crore in the year ago period. Shares of SAIL were trading at Rs 105.85, down 1.85 per cent on the BSE.

Jaiprakash Associates Q2 net up 96% at Rs 203 cr

Infrastructure firm Jaiprakash Associates today announced a net profit of Rs 203.13 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, a 96.03 per cent growth over the corresponding period a year-ago.

The company had a net profit of Rs 103.62 crore in the second quarter of FY08, Jaiprakash Associates said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Jaiprakash Associates also declared the first interim dividend of 30 paise. The company would also raise about Rs 1,800 crore through right issue to meets its fund requirements.
The total income rose to Rs 1,286.63 crore in the quarter under review, from Rs 922.20 crore in the same period last year.
For six months ending September 30, the company reported a net profit of Rs 330.39 crore, a 35.70 per cent rise over the year ago-period.
The company had a net profit of Rs 243.46 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
The total income of the company increased to Rs 2,472.76 crore in the six-month period, from Rs 1,926.79 crore.
Shares of Jaiprakash Associates were trading at Rs 77.05, up 13.81 per cent in the morning trade on the BSE.

Other Results:

RNRL net up 5 pc at Rs 20.10 cr
Hero Honda net up 50 pc at Rs 306 cr
NIIT PAT up 41 pc at Rs 29.7 cr

Zee Entertainment Q2 PAT up 84 pc at Rs 178 cr
Idea Cellular slumps 11% on disappointing Q2
MindTree's Q2 revenues grows 40.6 per cent

Crompton Greaves Q2 net profit jumps 24% YoY

Canara Bank's Q2 net up by 32 per cent

Elecon Engineering Q2 net down 7 pc at Rs 16.01 cr

Marico posts Q2 net profit of Rs 45 cr

Tech Mahindra net up 66.7% y-o-y to Rs 303cr

SBBJ net rises 36% to Rs 179.37 crore

Allahabad Bank net dips 83% on high provision

Federal Bank Q2 net up 20%

JB Chemicals hits upper circuit on strong Q2 results
SAIL ends 2% lower as OPM falls 410 bps to 24.6%

Ashok Leyland Q2 net slips

Tech Mahindra Q2 net up 63% at Rs 296 cr

Hero Honda net up 50% at Rs 306 cr

NIIT PAT up 41% at Rs 29.7 cr

Polaris Software Q2 PAT up 89% at Rs 34.42 cr

Zee Entertainment Q2 net slips

Kpit Cummins Q2 net up 29%

LIC Housing Finance Q2 net up 16% at Rs 135 cr

Wockhardt Q2 net dips 43%

Marico Q2 net up 12% at Rs 47 cr

United Spirits Q2 net up 17% at Rs 94 cr

Indiabulls Financial Q2 net down at Rs 44.80 cr

Blue Dart Express net profit declines 21.95% in the September 2008 quarterSales rise 28.22% to Rs 265.79 crore

Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals reports net loss of Rs 81.15 crore in the September 2008 quarterBongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals reported net loss of Rs 81.15 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against net profit of Rs 113.23 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales rose 57.78% to Rs 2182.38 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 1383.20 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007.

Punjab Tractors net profit rises 178.47% in the September 2008 quarter

Net profit of Punjab Tractors rose 178.47% to Rs 27.29 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 9.80 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales rose 48.85% to Rs 307.98 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 206.90 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007.

Brigade Enterprises reports net profit of Rs 38.69 crore in the September 2008 quarter

Tata Sponge Iron net profit rises 308.30% in the September 2008 quarter

Hindustan Motors reports net loss of Rs 16.21 crore in the September 2008 quarter

Polaris Software Lab net profit rises 138.42% in the September 2008 quarterNet profit of Polaris Software Lab rose 138.42% to Rs 29.97 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 12.57 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales rose 22.80% to Rs 290.33 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 236.43 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007.

Power Finance Corporation net profit rises 16.69% in the September 2008 quarterNet profit of Power Finance Corporation rose 16.69% to Rs 329.33 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 282.22 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales rose 29.12% to Rs 1584.98 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 1227.48 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007

Ashok Leyland net profit declines 16.31% in the September 2008 quarter

Tech Mahindra net profit rises 63.68% in the September 2008 quarter

Wire & Wireless India reports net loss of Rs 25.77 crore in the September 2008 quarter

Manali Petrochemical net profit rises 71.20% in the September 2008 quarter

Hindustan Zinc net profit declines 17.88% in the September 2008 quarterNet profit of Hindustan Zinc declined 17.88% to Rs 959.51 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 1168.46 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales declined 12.12% to Rs 1743.84 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 1984.28 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007

Reliance Natural Resources net profit rises 4.85% in the September 2008 quarterNet profit of Reliance Natural Resources rose 4.85% to Rs 20.10 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 19.17 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007. Sales rose 183.62% to Rs 33.24 crore in the quarter ended September 2008 as against Rs 11.72 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2007

Steel Authority of India net profit rises 18.20% in the September 2008 quarter

Hero Honda Motors net profit rises 49.90% in the September 2008 quarter

Crompton Greaves net profit rises 24.73% in the September 2008 quarter

Chennai Petroleum Corporation reports net loss of Rs 102.66 crore in the September 2008 quarter

Opto Circuits (India) net profit rises 35.75% in the September 2008 quarter

LIC Housing Finance net profit rises 16.07% in the September 2008 quarter

United Spirits net profit rises 17.06% in the September 2008 quarter

Geodesic net profit rises 124.64% in the September 2008 quarterSales rise 130.49% to Rs 119.37 crore

Jaiprakash Associates net profit rises 96.03% in the September 2008 quarterSales rise 37.12% to Rs 1182.60 crore

Power Finance Q2 Stan net profit at Rs 329.3 cr

Ashok Leyland Q2 Stan net profit at Rs 67.2 cr

Source:ET,Indiaearnings,CapitalMarket,BS,BL etc

Sensex ends 460 pts up as heavyweights post strong gains

Sensex ends 460 pts up as heavyweights post strong gains

The market opened on a high note this morning, shrugged off an early setback and gained in strength as the session progressed thanks to frenzied buying, mostly on short-covering, in several blue chip stocks. If the firm trend in US and Asian markets triggered a positive start, it was the market regulator SEBI's warning to foreign funds against overseas lending and borrowing of Indian stocks for going short in Indian markets that resulted in some hectic buying activity in afternoon trade.


The Apex bank had cut repo rate by 100 basis points yesterday afternoon and the move raised hopes of lower lending rates and buoyed up realty, capital goods, auto and consumer durables stocks today. Corporate results reported today turned out to be fairly good and this also had a positive impact on the sentiment.

The Sensex, which opened with a positive gap of over 200 points at 10,428.11 and raced to a high of 10,750.20 in afternoon trade, ended at 10,683.39 with a handsome gain of 460.30 points or 4.5%. The Nifty settled at 3234.90, around 20 points down from the day's high of 3254.85, with a gain of 112.10 points or 3.59%. The Sensex and Nifty had tumbled to 10,250.23 and 3117.35 respectively in early trade this morning.


BSE CD, the consumer durables index, was the biggest gainer today. It ended the day stronger by nearly 9%. The Realty barometer advanced by 8.32%. The Capital Goods index gained 5.48%.

Besides realty and capital goods stocks, information technology stocks were among the star performers today. BSE IT and Teck closed higher by 6.03% and 4.66% respectively.
Power, oil, metal and FMCG stocks recorded handsome gains. Mirroring their surge, the respective sectoral indices moved up by 3% - 4.5% today. The Bankex closed 2.57% up. PSU stocks bounced back after a setback and pharma stocks edged higher after remaining quite subdued in morning trade. BSE HC and PSU ended up by 1.33% and 1.04% respectively. The Auto index closed with a gain of 1.65%.

Hectic buying was seen at several counters in midcap and smallcap segments as well. While the midcap index advanced by 2.31%, the smallcap index gained a little over 2% today.
The market breadth was positive. Out of 2651 stocks traded on BSE, 1613 stocks closed with gains. 975 stocks posted losses and 63 stocks ended flat.

Among Sensex stocks, only Mahindra & Mahindra (down 2.1%) and Hindalco (down 1.65%) failed to make it to the positive territory today. From the Nifty index, Idea Cellular (down 12.8%) suffered a sharp loss due to weak quarterly results. Sun Pharmaceuticals lost a little over 4%. SAIL ended lower by 2.3%. Cipla lost 1.6% and BPCL, the other loser, eased by 0.7%.
Jaiprakash Associates (up 16.25% to Rs 78.70) spurted on strong quarterly results. Tata Consultancy Services rallied sharply in afternoon trade and finished with a sparkling gain of 12.85%. Reliance Communications vaulted 11.25%. Tata Steel recorded a hefty gain of 10.2%.
Satyam Computer Services (9.85%), Tata Power (9.6%), Sterlite Industries (8.6%), Larsen & Toubro (6.15%) and ACC (6.05%) closed on a high note.

Index heavyweight Reliance Industries posted a smart gain of 5.75%. Wipro firmed up by 5.65%. HDFC, Hindustan Unilever, DLF and Reliance Infrastructure gained 5% - 5.25%.
ICICI Bank and BHEL ended stronger by 4.9% and 4.4% respectively. Infosys Technologies (3.9%) and State Bank of India (3.85%) also finished with impressive gains. Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Tata Motors, Grasim Industries and ONGC moved up by 1% - 3%. HDFC Bank, Ranbaxy Laboratories and NTPC closed with marginal gains.

Siemens, Suzlon Energy, HCL Technologies, Unitech, Reliance Petroleum and Cairn India gained 5.5% - 8.5% today. Reliance Power, ABB, Zee Entertainment and Hero Honda also closed with sharp gains.

Indiabulls Real Estate flared up by 27.65% to Rs 136.90 today. Educomp Solutions shot up by nearly 24%. IDFC vaulted 20.85%. HDIL recorded a hefty gain of 19.15%. Titan Industries (17.4%) spurted on strong results. Praj Industries, Divi's Laboratories, India Infoline, Tech Mahindra, Chambal Fertilizers, BGR Energy, Oracle Financial Services, Asian Paints and Nagarjuna Construction Company also rallied sharply and ended stronger by 9%-14% today.
Ruchi Soya, MindTree, Century Plywoods, Prism Cements, EID Parry, Mahindra Lifespace, Core Projects, State Trading Corporation, Kansai Nero, Jai Balaji Industries, PVP Ventures, Penland and Nava Bharat Ventures were some of the big gainers from the midcap index.

Source:Sify.com

Results:MIC,Akruti,KPIT, Mindtree,Indian Hotel etc

KPIT Cummins Infosystems net profit declines 45.83% in the September 2008 quarter
Sales rise 35.22% to Rs 157.22 crore
Mindtree net profit rises 35.35% in the September 2008 quarterSales rise 39.90% to Rs 254.55 crore
J B Chemicals & Pharamaceuticals net profit rises 37.89% in the September 2008 quarterSales rise 31.31% to Rs 213.08 crore
Aztecsoft net profit declines 79.85% in the September 2008 quarter
KRBL net profit rises 55.09% in the September 2008

MIC Electronics net profit rises 138.21% in the September 2008 quarter
Texmaco net profit rises 59.24% in the September 2008 quarter
Voltamp Transformers net profit rises 47.65% in the September 2008 quarter

Sanghvi Movers net profit rises 72.00% in the September 2008 quarter
Titan Industries net profit rises 88.21% in the September 2008 quarter
Rolta India net profit declines 27.28% in the September 2008 quarter


Source:Capital Market.com