Titan offers tank after organization says adornments request hit by high gold costs

NEW DELHI: Shares of Titan Company Ltd on Tuesday drooped about 13%, its steepest fall in six years, after the organization announced curbed income development for the April-June quarter on the back of intense macroeconomic condition and feeble utilization pattern.

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So far today, the stock has contacted a low of ₹1,091.10 on BSE, down 12.9%, its greatest slide since June 2013. At 10.13 am, the scrip exchanged at ₹1091.40. The stock was down for the fourth back to back session today, having declined 18% during the period. So far this year, the stock has risen 20%.

Income grew a quieted 13% in June quarter as sharp increments in gold costs hit purchaser request a month ago. Investigators expected a 25% year-on-year development in the main quarter of monetary 2019-20.

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Business firm Reliance Securities has brought down its gauge for Titan Company's monetary 2020 income by 3.3% and that of FY21 by 5.6%, given the general financial log jam. The financier firm gauges the organization's all out income to develop 15.6% year-on-year in FY20 to ₹22,000 crore, and expects 15.8% development in FY21 to ₹25,500 crore. EBITDA development and net benefit appraisals have additionally been brought down by 3.9% for FY20 and 6.5% for FY21.

"Current monetary log jam is probably going to affect the quarterly run-rates. In any case, Titan is probably going to restore the higher development way once the customer spending grabs in the economy. Henceforth, we keep on valueing Titan at multiple times dependent on FY21 gauges EPS and re-emphasize HOLD rating," Reliance Securities said in a 8 July report. The financier firm has reexamined its objective cost on Titan's stock to ₹1,221 from ₹1,304, and cut its winning per offer gauge by 3.9% to 20.4 for monetary 2020, and 6.3% to 24.4 for FY21. Students Database

The organization said its watches division revealed income development of 19%, mostly helped by execution of a huge institutional request from Tata Consultancy Services while eye-wear fragment saw income development of 13%, supported by actuation during the quarter.

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Sensex & Nifty sluggish, Brent rises; Bharti falls 2%

1:55 pm Result: Pharmaceutical firm Wockhardt's third consolidated net profit increased 14 percent year-on-year to Rs 347 crore led by strong operational income and other income.

Consolidated total income rose 11.8 percent to Rs 1,382 crore during October-December quarter from Rs 1,236.4 crore in the year-ago period.

Operating profit (EBITDA) surged 92.4 percent on yearly basis to Rs 463 crore and operating profit margin spiked a whopping 1400 basis points to 33.5 percent in the quarter ended December 2014.

Other income jumped 4.5 times year-on-year to Rs 28.5 crore while finance cost declined to Rs 12 crore from Rs 30.5 crore during the same period.

1:45 pm Growth: India needs to grow at 7-8 percent a year to create more job opportunities for young people and double the size of the economy in 10 years, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said.

"We want to put India on sustainable non-inflationary growth trajectory of 7-8 percent growth. We need to have 7-8 percent growth to provide employment to young people that join workforce every year," Sinha said at 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit today.

"7-8 percent growth will double size of economy in the next 10 years. For this we need to build our productive capacity, but also need to ensure that our growth is sustainable," he added. The minister also stressed upon need to protect the environment.

1:30 pm Result: Canara Bank's third quarter net profit climbed 60.4 percent year-on-year to Rs 656 crore boosted by higher other income and lower provisions.

Net interest income, the difference between interest earned and interest expended, grew 6.9 percent to Rs 2,380.5 crore during October-December quarter compared to Rs 2,227 crore in same quarter last fiscal.

Provisions for bad loans declined 20 percent year-on-year (up 3.4 percent sequentially) to Rs 841.3 crore during the quarter with the provision coverage ratio at 59.44 percent at the end of December 2014.

Asset quality weakened a bit during the quarter as gross non-performing assets (NPA) increased 56 basis points Y-o-Y (up 43 bps Q-o-Q to 3.35 percent and net NPA rose 3 bps year-on-year (up 11 bps sequentially) to 2.42 percent.

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The market is still flat with the Nifty managing to hold above 8750 marginally. The 50-share index is up 5.20 points at 8761.75. The Sensex is up 25.39 points at 29025.53, and the Nifty About 1323 shares have advanced, 1319 shares declined, and 242 shares are unchanged.

Sesa Sterlite is up 4 percent while ONGC gain 4 percent, Hindalco, Coal India and Tata Steel are other gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers are Axis Bank, BHEL, TCS, Bharti and Tata Motors.

Crude oil futures prices rose 0.96 percent to Rs 3,257 per barrel today as speculators engaged in enlarging positions, tracking a firming trend in Asian cues. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery in February traded Rs 31, or 0.96 percent, higher at Rs 3,257 per barrel, with a business turnover of 19,103 lots. The oil for March also moved up by Rs 30, or 0.90 per cent, to Rs 3.334 per barrel, with a business volume of 1,040 lots.

Analysts attributed the rise in crude oil futures to a firming trend in Asia, extending gains from the previous day due to a significant decline in US drilling activity. Crude also gained strength with the dollar dropping to a one week low after some weak US factory orders data in December.

Sensex, Nifty continue to drag over 1%; NTPC, BHEL gainers

1:50 pm Market outlook: A combination of low inflation, declining interest rates and strong corporate earnings growth will support the ongoing rally, feels Jeff Chowdhry, Senior Portfolio Manager, LGM.

In an interview Chowdhry says India’s macro economic fundamentals have improved significantly over the last year.

He says he is not worried about the market levels and basis his investment decisions on whether the outlook on fundamentals is positive and what are the other alternatives?

Art this point, very few emerging market stories are as good as that of India, Chowdhry says. He is bullish on private sector banks and select consumer names, and sees the rupee strengthening as the outlook on corporate earnings improves.

1:30 pm Result: Bank of Baroda disappointed street on Friday by reporting a 68 percent (Y-o-Y) decline in profit at Rs 334 crore for quarter ended December 2014. Higher provisions and tax rate impacted the bottomline. Profit of the public sector lender was expected at Rs 1,243.6 crore and net interest income at Rs 3,501 crore for the quarter, according to the average of estimates of analysts. Net interest income grew 7.5 percent to Rs 3,286 crore in the quarter ended December 2014 from Rs 3,057.1 crore in same quarter last fiscal. Net interest income is the difference between interest earned and interest expended.

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The market continues to be under sharp selling pressure. The Sensex is down 413.87 points or 1.4 percent at 29267.90, and the Nifty slips 118.35 points or 1.3 percent at 8834.

About 1139 shares have advanced, 1501 shares declined, and 251 shares are unchanged.

NTPC is up 2 percent while BHEL, Tata Power, Wipro and Hero are top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers are SBI, HDFC, Coal India, Dr Reddy's Labs and TCS.

Overseas investors have remained the backbone of the rally, with net purchases of USD 2.1 billion so far this month till Thursday, provisional exchange and regulatory data showed.

Gold prices rose by Rs 73 to Rs 27,482 per 10 gram in futures trade as speculators engaged in enlarging positions amid a better trend overseas. Analysts said the rise in gold prices at futures trade was mostly in line with a firming trend overseas where the precious metals advanced from a two-week low on easing of selling pressure. Meanwhile, gold rose as much as 0.4 per cent to USD 1,262.07 an ounce in Singapore. 

New high: Nifty ends Jan expiry at 8952, Sensex up 123 pts

03:30 pm Market close

The market ended at record closing high on expiry of January F&O series. The Nifty ended at 8952, up 38.05 points while the Sensex was up 122.59 points at 29681.77. Top gainers in January series were DLF (up 26.6 percent), Tata Motors (up 24 percent) and Axis Bank (up 21 percent). Nifty gained 9.5 percent while Bank Nifty surged 10.7 percent in the series.

In today's trading session, Dr Reddy's Labs, HDFC Bank, BHEL, Reliance and ITC were top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers were HDFC, SBI, M&M, Coal India and Maruti Suzuki.

03:10 Rights issue

Tata Motors intends to utilise Rs 7,500 crore, which it plans to raise via a rights issue, to fund various activities, including introduction of more than 100 new commercial vehicles over the next three years and passenger vehicles on a new modular platform from FY 2016-17.

The company, which is seeking shareholders’ approval through postal ballot for raising funds up to Rs 7,500 crore through a rights issue of ordinary shares, also intends to use the funds to expand in international markets.

“The rights issue proceeds are expected to be utilised to finance a portion of the ongoing capital expenditure, including product development expenses; invest in subsidiaries to support future growth opportunities in India and abroad,” Tata Motors said in a filing to the BSE.

2:55 pm Royalty restrictions?

The Finance Ministry has turned down a DIPP proposal seeking re-introduction of restrictions on royalty payments for preventing excessive outflow of foreign exchange, saying it would send a negative signal to overseas investors.

The ministry, according to sources, is of the view that imposing restrictions on royalty payments will be "retrograde step" and not in sync with the liberalised FDI policy environment. Worried over excessive outflow of foreign exchange as royalty and fees for technology transfer, and use of brand names, the Department of Industrial policy and Promotion (DIPP) had mooted a proposed to re-introduce restrictions on such payments by foreign companies to their parent entities.

02:40 pm Results

Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland turned profitable in the quarter ended December 2014. Net profit for the quarter stood at Rs 32.1 crore against loss of Rs 167.2 crore in the year-ago period. Higher other income and lower finance cost supported the profitability but tax cost restricted profit growth.

Topline and operational performance beat street estimates while the bottomline slightly missed expectations. Profit was expected at Rs 35.8 crore on revenue of Rs 3,195 crore for the quarter, according to the average of estimate of analysts.

Revenue shot up 72.1 percent year-on-year to Rs 3,361 crore, driven by strong sales volume growth.

Total volumes during the quarter grew 38 percent on yearly basis to 25,397 units led by medium and heavy commercial vehicle (MHCV) sales. MHCV volumes saw a solid 70 percent growth while light commercial vehicle sales declined 8 percent Y-o-Y.

02:30pm Adani Enterprises in focus

Adani Enterprises plans to announce a mega restructuring plan tomorrow reports’s Varinder Bansal quoting sources.

The restructuring is mainly to remove the holding structure and then focus on the core business of the left entity, which would be mining, trading, agri, logistics etc.

The current market cap of Adani Enterprises is Rs 65,000 crore because it owns 74.99 percent in Adani Ports and 68.99 percent in Adani Power.

Post the restructuring process, the company is also looking at raising funds.

Post restructuring, analysts do not expect a huge upside for the stock from current levels but it will undoubtedly be a clean structure.

02:00pm Market Check

Equity benchmarks as well as broader markets continued to consolidate on expiry day for the January derivative contracts. Weak global cues and expiry factors kept markets subdued.

The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 101.55 points to 29457.63 and the 50-share NSE Nifty declined 31.95 points to 8882.35. About 1290 shares have advanced, 1475 shares declined, and 260 shares are unchanged on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Manish Gunwani of ICICI Prudential AMC expects a correction or minor consolidation in the near term. However, the market looks good with a 2-3 years perspective, he say.

Global markets are weak today. Asian markets like Shanghai closed with losses of more than 1 percent while European equities like FTSE traded down more than 0.5 percent as oil declined and Greece weighed. NYMEX crude traded at USD 44 a barrel, the lowest level since March 2009.

Telecom stocks like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular are under pressure after the Cabinet approved 3G auction reserve price at Rs 3,705 crore which is 36 percent higher than the TRAI recommendation and 10.6 percent higher than the previous 3G auction held in 2010.

In key earnings reactions today, Asian Paints disappointed after Q3 profit rose 12 percent, lower than expectations of 30 percent growth. The stock fell 3 percent. HDFC dropped over 2 percent after the housing finance company reported 11.5 percent growth in profit, in line with estimates. However, Dr Reddy's Labs reported a 7 percent fall in profit in Q3, which is higher compared to expectations of 14 percent decline. In midcaps, VIP Industries and OBC tanked 7 percent after weak numbers.