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ITC posts 20 pc rise in Q1 net
ITC Ltd's post-tax profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 has recorded a growth of 20 per cent to Rs 558.30 crore, against Rs 464.88 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The pre-tax profit at Rs 830.14 crore (Rs ... More

JK Corp net up 23 pc
NEW DELHI: JK Corp Ltd has posted a 23 per cent jump in profit after tax of Rs 11.89 crore as against Rs 9.61 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The production of 6.82 lakh mt and sales of 6.85 lakh mt were better ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


VSNL Q1 net stagnant on higher expenditure
HIGHER operating expenses, salary costs, and tax provisioning nullified the 15 per cent revenue growth at VSNL, leading to flat growth in the company's net profit for the first quarter ended June 30. Net profit was reported at Rs 127 crore (Rs ... More

AUTOMOBILES


Tata Motors Q1 net up 22 pc — Ravi Kant appointed Managing Director
TATA Motors has reported 22.08 per cent rise in profit after tax for the quarter ended June 30 to Rs 272.67 crore from Rs 223.36 crore in the corresponding previous period. The company also announced that Mr Ravi Kant has been appointed as ... More

CHEMICALS


Hikal posts 37 pc rise in Q1 net profit
HIKAL has begun to reap the benefits of its entry into the US pharmaceutical markets, the company said announcing its performance figures for the first quarter or three months ended June 30, 2005. The company has posted a 37 per cent growth in ... More

ENGINEERING


Alfa Laval posts higher net at Rs 19.65 cr; MD quits
SWEDISH multinational Alfa Laval India's Managing Director of eight years, Mr Satish Tandon, has resigned. The Alfa Laval UK Managing Director, Mr Nish Patel, has been appointed Managing Director of the company with effect from October 17, a ... More

BHEL Q1 net zooms
NEW DELHI: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) reported a 444 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 127.9 crore for the first quarter this fiscal on Thursday. The first quarter net profit jumped over five-fold as compared to Rs 23.5 crore ... More

PETROLEUM


PSU oil cos in the red — IOC suffers Rs 54-cr Q1 loss
FOR the first time, IOC, the country's largest refiner, has reported a net loss. First-quarter results released today showed a net loss of Rs 54.23 crore, compared with net profit of Rs 1,472 crore during the corresponding previous ... More

BPCL loss at Rs 431 cr
BHARAT Petroleum Corporation Ltd blamed the high crude and product prices that could not be fully passed on to the consumers for the Rs 431.3-crore net loss it suffered during the quarter ended June 30. This was against Rs 177 crore net profit ... More

Gujarat Gas net rises 60 pc
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Gas Company Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 27.62 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year, an increase of 60 per cent over Rs 17.27 crore in the same quarter last year. During the quarter under ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS


Nicholas Piramal posts Rs 54-cr net in Q1
DRUG major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd has posted an 11.1 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 54.13 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, compared to Rs 48.74 crore registered in the same period in the previous financial year. The growth ... More

Sun Pharma net profit up 67 pc
SUN Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 125.77 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, up 67.55 per cent from Rs 75.06 crore clocked in the same quarter last fiscal. Total income is Rs 460.60 crore for the quarter ... More

Divi's Labs Q1 net slips
DESPITE achieving a growth in turnover, Divi's Laboratories Ltd has suffered a fall in net profit for the first quarter of current fiscal ended June 30, 2005. The turnover improved to Rs 68.33 crore from Rs 66.11 crore while the net profit ... More

POWER


CESC plans $40-m GDR; net up at Rs 45 cr
CESC Ltd, the flagship company of RPG Group, has finalised a $40-million GDR (global depository receipt) issue during this year. The shares will be listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange. This will be the second GDR issue of CESC. The first ... More

SUGAR


Simbhaoli Sugar net up 293 pc
MUMBAI: Simbhaoli Sugar Mills Ltd (SSML) has reported net profit of Rs 7.05 crore for the quarter ended June 30 from Rs 1.79 crore, up by 293 per cent over the same period last year. Net sales recorded a 50 per cent growth to Rs 136.99 ... More

TEXTILES


Raymond Q1 net jumps to Rs 19 cr
SUBSTANTIAL growth in worsted textile, denim, and files divisions resulted in more than 500 per cent growth in net profit (including fringe benefit tax) for Raymond in the quarter ended June 30. The net profit stood at Rs 19 crore against Rs 3 ... More

BREWERIES


UB net up at Rs 13.83 cr
UNITED Breweries (UB) has tripled its first-quarter net profit to Rs 13.83 crore from Rs 4.10 crore in the corresponding previous period. The company has reported gross profit of Rs 48.88 crore during the quarter under review, representing an ... More

SOFTWARE


i-flex net slumps to Rs 7.9 cr
A REDUCED licence fee revenue composition and increased infrastructure and staff strength have led to a drastic attenuation of net profit for i-flex Solutions Ltd for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. The company has reported a net profit of Rs ... More

Megasoft back in black
MEGASOFT Group, the Chennai-based technology firm, has reported a net profit of Rs 4.63 crore on revenues of Rs 26.61 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, against a loss of Rs 12.28 crore on revenues of Rs 19.34 crore for the corresponding ... More

IT TRAINING


NIIT net profit rises 21% in Q1
FUELLED by an improvement in business volumes and operating efficiencies across all segments, NIIT Ltd has reported a 21 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 at Rs 13.1 crore, against Rs 10.9 crore in ... More

ALUMINIUM


Hindalco net up 38 pc at Rs 324.9 cr
HINDALCO Industries Ltd has reported a 37.9-per cent increase in net profit at Rs 324.9 crore for the June 2005 quarter, compared to Rs 235.6 crore in the year-ago period. The improved performance is despite a tariff cut, reduction in export ... More

METALS


Tinplate sales up 10 pc
KOLKATA: The Tinplate Company of India Ltd (TCIL) has recorded a profit after tax of Rs 10.22 crore for the quarter ended June 30. Its sales increased by roughly 10 per cent in 2004-05 compared to that recorded in the previous year, a ... More

DAIRY & DAIRY PRODUCTS


Heritage Foods net at Rs 3.5 cr
HYDERABAD: Heritage Foods (India) Ltd has registered a total income of Rs 70.06 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2005, as against Rs 60.66 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. It recorded a net profit of Rs 3.53 crore (Rs ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


Federal Bank net rises to Rs 49 cr
THE net profit of Federal Bank has grown eight per cent to touch Rs 48.68 crore (Rs 45.03 crore) during the first quarter ended June 2005. Total income grew 4.5 per cent to Rs 389.50 crore (Rs 372.46 crore), while the total expenditure grew ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Depreciation in G-Secs value — IOB posts 5 pc growth in Q1 profit at Rs 183 crore
INDIAN Overseas Bank posted a 5 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 183 crore on a total income of Rs 1,207 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2005. Elaborating on the reasons for the modest growth in profits, Mr T.S. Narayanasami, ... More

BoB first-quarter net drops 46 pc
BANK of Baroda has posted a net profit of Rs 156.94 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2005, a decline of 46.44 per cent from Rs 292.99 crore in the same quarter last year due to depreciation on investments on account of shifting ... More

Oriental Bank Q1 net down 42 pc
ORIENTAL Bank of Commerce (OBC) has registered a net profit of Rs 104.77 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, a 41.96 per cent drop from the net of Rs 180.52 crore registered during the same period last year. Operating profit has ... More



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