The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Reliance Capital posts 527 pc jump in net
RELIANCE Capital Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 157.42 crore during the quarter ended September 30, a 527 per cent growth over the Rs 25.07 crore recorded in the year-ago period. The company's income from operations during the period ... More

CEMENT

Birla Corp Q2 net up 36 pc at Rs 18.16 cr
BIRLA Corporation Ltd (BCL), the flagship company of the M.P. Birla Group, reported a 36 per cent jump in net profit for the second quarter ending September 30, 2005 at Rs 18.16 crore compared to Rs 13.38 crore in the year-ago period. Profit ... More

CHEMICALS

Colour-Chem Q2 sales down
MUMBAI: Colour-Chem has achieved net profit of Rs 2.7 crore for the quarter ended September 30, against Rs 27 lakh in the corresponding previous period. The net profit for the corresponding previous quarter included a provision for ... More

FERTILISERS

United Phosphorus net rises 70 pc
MUMBAI: United Phosphorus Ltd has posted a 69.8 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 12.72 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, compared with Rs 7.49 crore in the year-ago period. The total income (net of excise duty and rebates ... More

Indo-Gulf net profit rises 39 pc in Q2
INDO Gulf Fertilisers Ltd (IGFL) has reported 38.85 per cent increase in net profit for the quarter ended September to Rs 22.48 crore from Rs 16.19 crore in the corresponding previous period. This was despite a 10.23 per cent fall in net sales to ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

NATCO Pharma Q2 net up
HYDERABAD: NATCO Pharma Ltd has reported growth of 16.93 per cent in turnover and 26.77 per cent in net profit for the second quarter ended September 2005. The company achieved a turnover of Rs 54 crore for the quarter under review ... More

POWER

GMR Industries posts higher net, despite lower sales
HYDERABAD: Despite a fall of over 10 per cent in net sales at Rs 67.45 crore (Rs 75.57 crore), GMR Industries Ltd has recorded a growth of over 88 per cent in net profit, at Rs 10.86 crore (Rs 5.76 crore), for the second quarter of current ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS

Dabur Q2 net up 20.6%, announces 1:1 bonus
DABUR India Ltd (DIL) today said it has registered a 20.6 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 52 crore for the second quarter this fiscal. The company's board also approved a 150 per cent dividend and one bonus share per share held. The ... More

Godrej Industries net profit falls 66 pc in Q2
GODREJ Industries Ltd has reported a 66 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 12.57 crore for the second quarter of 2005-2006 from Rs 37.08 crore in the corresponding year-ago period. The fall in profits is mainly because the company has made a ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS

Elgi net dips due to VRS provisioning
THE softening of metal prices and upward price revision of some of the products have helped Elgi Equipments Ltd (EEL) to post higher net sales and profit before tax in the second quarter of the current fiscal compared with the corresponding ... More

SOFTWARE

Virinchi Tech Q2 net up
HYDERABAD: Virinchi Technologies Ltd has recorded a total income of Rs 6.17 crore and a net profit of Rs 2.06 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 against a total income of Rs 5.08 crore and a net profit of Rs 1.40 crore for the ... More

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT

JK Paper net up 98% in Q1
JK Paper Ltd has reported 98.76 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 8.07 crore for the first quarter ended September 2005 against Rs 4.06 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal. Gross sales were up 10 per cent at Rs 197.69 crore during ... More

HOUSING FINANCE

LIC Housing Fin posts 28-pc rise in Q2 net
LIC Housing Finance has reported a 28-per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter ended September 30.Net profit for the quarter amounted to Rs 58.36 crore as against Rs 45.58 crore reported for the corresponding quarter of the previous ... More

HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS

GSK Consumer Healthcare net rises 34 pc
NEW DELHI: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd (GSKCH) has registered a 9.1 per cent growth in sales to Rs 290.6 crore for the quarter ended September 30. The net profit rose 34 per cent to Rs 30.3 crore and the profit-before-tax (PBT) ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

State Bank of Mysore Q2 net rises 20 pc
THE State Bank of Mysore reported a 20 per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter of the current financial year. A SBM release said here on Monday that the profits for Q2 this year was Rs 51.53 crore, up from Rs 42.90 crore during ... More

Vijaya Bank Q2 net rises 5 pc
VIJAYA Bank has reported a 5-per cent increase in net profit for the second quarter of the current financial year. A bank release said net profit for Q2 was Rs 75.05 crore, up from Rs 71.43 crore during the corresponding period of the last ... More

Union Bank net falls as investment income dips
THE Union Bank of India saw its net profit decline by 71.09 per cent to Rs 61 crore during the quarter ended September 30, from Rs 211 crore during the corresponding quarter last year, due to a reduction in profit on sale of investments. The ... More

Andhra Bank Q2 net up 22 pc
ANDHRA Bank has reported a growth of 21.55 per cent in net profit at Rs 132.89 crore (Rs 109.33 crore) for the second quarter of the current fiscal ended September 2005. The bank recorded a growth of 11.92 per cent in interest income at Rs 635.31 ... More

Canara Bank Q2 net dips on higher provisioning
PUBLIC sector Canara Bank has reported a 23 per cent drop in net profits in the second quarter of this financial year on account of increased provisioning. Net profits were down to Rs 306.51 crore in the second quarter (Q2) this year from Rs ... More

Corporation Bank net surges 72%
CORPORATION Bank's net profit surged 72.40 per cent to touch Rs 105.6 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as against Rs 27.39 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The huge increase in profit is due to lower provisioning this ... More