Closing Bell: Within sectors, the Nifty metal index closed with most strength, up 1.5 per cent, followed by financials and pharma pockets, while PSB index slumped the most by over 1 per cent
UBS in a note said Morgan Stanley's fourth-quarter core trends were encouraging
The company had posted a Rs 35.65 crore net profit in the year-ago period, according to a statement
CLOSING BELL: Within sectors, barring consumer durables, PSB and Metal indices on the Nifty logged in most gains, up over 1 per cent each, followed by IT and financial pockets
Outlook on margin trajectory, asset quality in Agri/Unsecured book, and commentary around credit cards, traction in fee income, and the merger with HDFC will be the key monitorables, analysts said
CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, were subdued in trade as Nifty SmallCap 100 and Nifty MidCap 100 indices slipped up to 0.2 per cent
Closing Bell: Sun Pharma claimed the top winner spot on the Sensex with a gain of 1.7 per cent on launching an anti-cancer drug Palbociclib in India for patients with advanced breast cancer
The biggest gains came to banks, which reported a 35.8 per cent YoY growth rate in their combined net profit in Q2 FY23
The combined net profit of 2,725 listed companies across all sectors was down 6.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in Q2 -the first contraction after eight consecutive quarters of YoY growth
Tyre manufacturer MRF Ltd missed second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, as soaring input costs and supply chain issues weighed, offsetting a rise in revenue
Combined net of 441 firms up 5.8% YoY, slowest growth rate in 9 qtrs
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The 7% drop came as investors grappled with persistently high inflation, a surging dollar and jumbo interest-rate hikes across the world that threaten to choke economic growth
Corporate earnings in the US, meanwhile, are likely to be under pressure amid recession fears. Analysts have already started cautioning investors as regards a drop in earnings
Gupta added that if the trend continues, direct tax collections for FY23 could exceed the budget target of Rs 14.20 trillion
FPIs had turned net buyers for the first time in July, after nine straight months of massive net outflows, which started in October last year
BFSI companies together accounted for 48 per cent of the incremental growth in corporate profits on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in the quarter
Corporate earnings grew in double digits during the April-June 2022 (Q1FY23) quarter but the momentum waned
Earnings lowest in four quarters; sales surge
JSW Steel chief Sajjan Jindal top-earning CEO in FY22 with Rs 134.8 crore, up 83.7%