Angel One soars 18%; ICICI Securities drops 5%

Angel One saw its stock end the day at Rs 1,918.7, valuing the company at Rs 15,910 crore.

Shares of Angel One climbed 18 per cent while that of ICICI Securities dropped 5 per cent, on Thursday, as investors reacted to the March quarter earnings posted by both brokerages. Angel One, a discount broking firm, posted a net profit of Rs 205 crore, which was double of what they had earned in the same period last year. The number surpassed Street estimates of Rs 175 crore as the broker’s revenue grew 64 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 671.2 crore.

With an 18.1 per cent surge, Angel One saw its stock end the day at Rs 1,918.7, valuing