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Focus to be on IT-backed rural distribution — ITC net up 12 pc at Rs 428 cr
ITC Ltd, for the second quarter ended September 30, 2003, has recorded a 12.5-per cent growth in post-tax profit at Rs 428 crore against Rs 380.50 crore recorded for the same period in the last financial year. The PBT has also registered a ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


MTNL income rises in Q2
MAHANAGAR Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) posted an 8.10 per cent drop in net profit to Rs 227.01 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2003, compared with Rs 246.94 crore in the corresponding quarter in previous year. However, the ... More

CHEMICALS


Hind Lever Chem net dips on high input costs
HIND Lever Chemicals Ltd has reported a drop in net profit at Rs 2.38 crore for the second quarter ended September 2003 against a net profit of Rs 7.4 crore in the year-ago period. This is possibly because margins were under pressure on account ... More

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS


Videocon net up
VIDEOCON International Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 39.55 crore for the second quarter of 2003-04 against Rs 38.54 crore in the year-ago period. Sales stood at Rs 906.37 crore (Rs 858.48 crore). For the first half period, net profit was ... More

ELECTRONICS


BEL net up 70 pc in H1
BEL has posted a 70.5 per cent increase in its net unaudited profit for the half-year ended September 2003.It registered a net profit of Rs 124.75 crore compared to Rs 73.13 crore during the corresponding period of last fiscal. The total first ... More

ENGINEERING


BHEL net down 5%, sales up 20%
BHARAT Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has recorded a net profit of Rs 102.9 crore on a net sales of Rs 1721.7 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal ended September 30, 2003. For the corresponding period last year, the company ... More

Carborundum's Q2 net marginally down
CARBORUNDUM Universal has reported a lower net profit of Rs 6.74 crore for the quarter ended September, compared to Rs 6.85 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year. Turnover increased to Rs 77.41 crore (Rs 74.13 crore), other income was ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Exports perk up Ajanta Pharma net
AJANTA Pharma Ltd has reported a nearly 80 per cent increase in its net profit during the second quarter of the current fiscal, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal, primarily due to increased exports. The company notched up a ... More

STEEL


Mahindra Ugine returns to black in second quarter
MAHINDRA Ugine Steel Company Ltd (Musco) has returned to the black with a net profit of Rs 93 lakh for the second quarter ended September 2003. This is against the net loss of Rs 3.12 crore in the year-ago period. Net sales were Rs 100.99 ... More

TEXTILES


Lakshmi Mills net sales fall 23 pc in Q2
BAD market conditions in the first quarter continued through the second quarter too for Lakshmi Mills Company. For the quarter ended September 30, 2003, net sales fell by 23 per cent at Rs 35.07 crore against Rs 45.50 crore in the previous ... More

Century Textiles slips into red
CENTURY Textiles and Industries Ltd has posted a loss of Rs 5.06 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 over Rs 9.98 crore profit recorded in the corresponding quarter of previous year. Net sales/income from operations rose to Rs 519.96 ... More

Bombay Dyeing income increases
BOMBAY Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 10.71 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, compared with Rs 2.14 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2002. Total income (net of excise) increased to Rs ... More

TYRES


Apollo Tyres net declines 37 pc
RISING input costs continue to exert pressure on the profit margins of Apollo Tyres Ltd, which has reported a 36.82 per cent decline in net profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 at Rs 17.28 crore. It had registered a net profit of Rs ... More

Dearer inputs bring Ceat Q2 net down 58%
HIGHER raw material costs affected the profitability of Ceat Ltd, which reported a 58 per cent drop in net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2003 at Rs 4.01 crore (Rs 6.34 crore). Net sales were up 5 per cent to Rs 410.14 crore ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS


Sundram Fasteners Q2 net up 40 pc
SUNDRAM Fasteners has reported a 40 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 15.15 crore for the July-September period of the current year, compared to Rs 10.82 crore in the corresponding period last year. Turnover increased to Rs 135.94 crore, up ... More

HCV/LCV/TRACTORS


Tata Motors Q2 net up 251 pc
TATA Motors Ltd has reported a 251.49 per cent rise in PAT for the second quarter ended September 30, 2003, to Rs 206.68 crore, against the previous corresponding Rs 58.80 crore. Net sales/income from operations was up 46.22 per cent at Rs ... More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING


Heritage Foods turnover, net up
HERITAGE Foods (India) Ltd has posted a sales income of Rs 59.50 crore, other income of Rs 16.22 lakh and a net profit of Rs 3.74 crore for the quarter ended September 2003. Its turnover as well as net profit has increased when compared to a ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION


Nagarjuna Construction turnover, net higher
NAGARJUNA Construction Company Ltd (NCCL) has achieved a turnover of Rs 150 crore and a net profit of Rs 6.38 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2003. The turnover increased by 46 per cent and the net profit rose by 59 per cent, ... More

HARDWARE


HCL Info Q1 net rises 10-fold
HCL Infosystems, personal computer maker, today said its net profit for the first quarter surged 10-fold to Rs 32.4 crore while consolidated revenues nearly doubled to Rs 856.1 crore over the same period a year ago. During the quarter ended ... More

CAS delay causes hiccups for TVS-E
"The company had invested about Rs 5 crore in set top box manufacturing; we hope to get the revenue from it in a few quarters." More

SOFTWARE


Intelligroup Q3 revenue up 16 pc
A THOUSAND apologies... .In advance to our competitors for parting with 1000 of their best IT professionals." Thus reads a rather aggressive media advertisement from Intelligroup in India attempting to attract best techies laterally in the ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


Krebs Bio Q2 net down
DESPITE a significant increase in turnover for the second quarter of current fiscal ended September 30, Krebs Biochemicals Ltd (KBL) has suffered a fall in net profit. As per the unaudited financial results taken on record by the KBL board on ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


Thrust on recoveries helps GTB
GLOBAL Trust Bank (GTB) turned corner during the second quarter of current fiscal ended September 30, 2003 by recovering Rs 59 crore from critical NPA and written off accounts. It posted a net profit of Rs 5.58 crore for the quarter, a growth ... More

Dhanalakshmi Bank H1 net rises 24 pc
THE net profit of Dhanalakshmi Bank rose by 24 per cent to touch Rs 8.54 crore (Rs 6.86 crore) during the first half of the current year. The operating profit has grown by 20 per cent to Rs 36.03 crore (Rs 29.87 crore). The deposits grew by ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


BoI Q2 net up 17 per cent
BANK of India has recorded a 16.62 per cent growth in net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2003, at Rs 226.76 crore, from Rs 194 crore in the corresponding period, the previous year. Total income grew to Rs 1,894.93 crore in ... More

PNB posts 34 pc rise in H1 net
PUNJAB National Bank has recorded a net profit of Rs 551.52 crore for the half-year ended September 30, 2003, a 33.7 per cent growth over Rs 412.41 crore in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal. The operating profit for the ... More

Oriental is `Zero-NPA' bank
ORIENTAL Bank of Commerce (OBC) has declared itself a zero net non-performing asset (NPA) bank. It posted a 41-per cent rise in net profit for the half-year ended September 30, 2003, at Rs 305 crore as against Rs 216 crore during the previous ... More

Gilts buyback lifts Canara Bank profits
CANARA Bank has declared a net profit of Rs 325. 35 crore during the second quarter (Q2) of this year, up 27 per cent from the first quarter. Briefing reporters here, the Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank, Mr R.V. Shastri, said ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


IDBI net up 9 pc in second quarter
LESSER provisioning for bad debts and significant saving in interest cost has helped Industrial Development Bank of India show a nine per cent rise in net profit for the second quarter of fiscal year 2003-04 even as total income in that period ... More
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