The domestic equity barometers came off the day's high in morning trade. The rise in domestic benchmarks was in line with most of their Asian peers. Buying in index heavyweight RIL aided the rise in the equity benchmarks.
At 10:29 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 448.10 points or 1.42% at 32,090.80. The Nifty 50 index was up 124.50 points or 1.35% at 9,376.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 1.14% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index rose 0.57%. Both these indices trailed the Sensex.
There were more buyers than sellers. On the BSE, 1115 shares rose and 629 shares fell. A total of 127 shares were unchanged. In Nifty 50 index, 44 stocks advanced while 6 stocks declined.
Index major Reliance Industries (RIL) rose 2.77% to Rs 1605. The rights issue committee constituted by the board of directors of the company has fixed 14 May 2020 as the 'record date' for the purpose of determining the equity shareholders entitled to receive the rights entitlement in the rights issue.
With the record date being set to May 14, investors still have until Thursday to buy RIL shares to have the right to subscribe to new shares for a discount of 20%, based on the closing price of Rs 1561.80 recorded on 8 May 2020.
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RIL has soared about 35% in last one month as compared to a 4.8% rise in benchmark BSE Sensex.
Q4 Earnings Today:
Godrej Agrovet (up 1.61%), Godrej Properties (up 1.6%), Motilal Oswal Financial Services (up 2.05%), Piramal Enterprises (up 3.18%), Wockhardt (up 1.63%), Saint-Gobain Sekurit India (up 2.24%), Sonata Software (up 0.07%) and Subex (up 4.96%) are some of the companies that will announce their Q4 March 2020 result today.
Earnings Impact:
ICICI Bank fell 1.17% to Rs 333.80. The private lender said its net profit rose 26.04% to Rs 1,221.36 crore on 12.09% rise in total income to Rs 23,443.66 crore in Q4 March 2020 over Q4 March 2019.
Profit before tax stood at Rs 1422.65 crore in Q4 FY20, up by 81.92% from Rs 781.98 crore in Q4 FY19. Net interest income (NII) increased by 17% year-on-year to Rs 8,927 crore in Q4 FY20 from Rs 7,620 crore in Q4 FY19. The net interest margin was at 3.87% as on 31 March 2020 as compared to 3.72% as on 31 March 2019.
The bank's gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at Rs 41,409.16 crore as on 31 March 2020 as against Rs 43,453.86 crore as on 31 December 2019 and Rs 46,291.63 crore as on 31 March 2019. The ratio of gross NPAs to gross advances stood at 5.53% as on 31 March 2020 as against 5.95% as on 31 December 2019 and 6.70% as on 31 March 2019. The ratio of net NPAs to net advances stood at 1.41% as on 31 March 2020 as against 1.49% as on 31 December 2019 and 2.06% as on 31 March 2019.
Addressing the media at a concall after the announcement of results, ICICI Bank president Sandeep Batra said that banks exposure with respect to a healthcare group based in West Asia and an oil trading company based in Singapore have been classified as non-performing and substantially provided for in this quarter.
Provisions and contingencies rose 9.46% to Rs 5,967.44 crore in Q4 March 2020 from Rs 5,451.41 crore in Q4 March 2019. However, the bank's provisions have jumped 186.45% from Rs 2,083.20 crore in Q3 December 2019. At 31 March 2020, the bank made Covid-19 related provision of Rs 2,725 crore. Provisions (excluding Covid-19 related provisions and provision for tax) were Rs 3,242 crore in Q4 FY20. The provision coverage ratio on non-performing loans, including cumulative technical write-offs, was 86.8% at 31 March 2020 compared to 80.7% at 31 March 2019.
Total advances increased by 10% to Rs 6,45,290 crore as at 31 March 2020 from Rs 5,86,647 crore as at 31 March 2019. The bank reported a 16% year-on-year growth in the retail loan portfolio at 31 March 2020. Including non-fund outstanding, retail was 53.3% of the total portfolio at 31 March 2020.
Total deposits increased by 18% to Rs 7,70,969 crore in FY20 from Rs 6,52,920 crore in FY19. The average CASA ratio was 42.3% in Q4 March 2020 compared to 42.8% in Q3 December 2020 and 44.6% in Q4 March 2019. The period-end CASA ratio was 45.1% at 31 March 2020 compared to 47.0% at 31 December 2019 and 49.6% at 31 March 2019.
The lender said in its notes to accounts that the domestic economy would be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic with contraction in industrial and services output across small and large businesses. The bank's business is expected to be impacted by lower lending opportunities and revenues in the short to medium term.
HDFC Asset Management Company fell 3.33% to Rs 2535 after net profit fell 9.5% to Rs 249.83 crore on a 17.9% fall in total income to Rs 449.62 crore in Q4 March 2020 over Q4 March 2019.
Profit before tax (PBT) declined 20.5% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis to Rs 329.57 crore in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020. Total expenditure was down by 9.8% to Rs 120.05 crore and total tax expenses contracted 42.4% to Rs 79.74 crore in Q4 FY20 over Q4 FY19.
The quarter average assets under management (QAAUM) of Rs 3,698 billion as of 31 March 2020 compared to Rs 3,423 billion as on 31 March 2019, growth of 8%. It has 13.7% market share in QAAUM of the mutual fund industry. QAAUM in actively managed equity oriented funds i.e. equity oriented QAAUM excluding index funds stood at Rs 1,574 billion as on 31 March 2020 with a market share of 15.2%. The AMC is the largest actively managed equity-oriented mutual fund manager in the country. The ratio of equity oriented AUM and non-equity oriented AUM is 38:62 compared to the industry ratio of 37:63.
As of 31 March 2020, 57% of the company's total monthly average AUM is contributed by individual investors compared to 52% for the industry. It had a market share of 15% of the individual monthly average AUM in the industry.
Commenting on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on its business, HDFC AMC said the management does not, at this juncture, believe that the impact on the value of the company's assets is likely to be material. However, since the revenue of the company is ultimately dependent on the value of the assets it manages, changes in market conditions and the trend of flows into mutual funds may have an impact on the operations of the company. The company will continue to closely monitor material changes in markets and future economic conditions, the asset management firm said.
Shree Cement gained 1.28% to Rs 18979.80 after consolidated net profit jumped 57.6% to Rs 535.93 crore on 2.1% decline in net sales to Rs 3,415.14 crore in Q4 March 2020 over Q4 March 2019.
The profit was aided by an improved operational performance. Profit before tax (PBT) rose 45.39% to Rs 616.36 crore in Q4 March 2020 over Q4 March 2019. The company's fuel and power expenses fell 19.84% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 698.08 crore during the quarter. Employee cost remained almost stable at Rs 200.48 in Q4 March 2020 compared with Rs 200 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.
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