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Markets end at record closing highs; Sensex tops 67,500, Nifty nears 20,000

Closing Bell on July 20: The market discovered price of Jio Financial Services as Rs 261.85 per share, much higher than estimates

Stocks to watch: RIL, HUL, Infosys, Bank of Maha, L&T Finance, Tata Coffee

Stocks to watch on July 20, 2023: From Reliance Industries to Hindustan Unilever, check out the top stocks to watch in Thursday's trading session

HUL Q1 revenue may rise up to 9% YoY; soft RM costs to aid margin: Analysts

HUL Q1FY24 preview: As per brokerages, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) margins is likely to expand up to 63 basis points (bps) YoY to 23.4 per cent

Creativity, engaging stories drive brand sales, says Kantar report

Hindustan Unilever, Burger King share laurels in third edition of Kantar's creative effectiveness awards

More HUL managers become crorepatis this year, no salary jump for CEO

Approximately 205 managers at HUL received an annual income surpassing Rs 1 crore, compared to 153 managers in the previous financial year

Hindustan Unilever's FY23 annual report: Top 10 highlights you should know

At the bourses, shares of HUL surged 25 per cent in March 2022-23 period, as against 0.7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex, during the same period

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Top Stocks to Watch on June 6, 2023: Adani Group said it has made a full prepayment of $2.15 billion of loans that were taken by pledging shares in the conglomerate's listed firms

HUL rises 2%, hits highest level so far this year on volume recovery hopes

The stock of largest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company traded close to its 52-week high level of Rs 2,741, which it had touched on December 9, 2022

Lakme Lever revenue rises 19.8% in FY23, HUL's exports at Rs 1,268 cr

FMCG major HUL's revenue from Lakme Lever Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary engaged in the salon business, increased 19.3 per cent to Rs 328 crore in FY23, led by a recovery in the business after the COVID-19 pandemic, as per the company's latest annual report. The subsidiary reported a Rs 275 crore revenue from the sale of products and services in FY22. "The company (Lakme Lever) delivered robust top line and bottom line growth led by a recovery in the salon business," the report said. With a focus on safety, quality of operations, expert treatments and prudent cost optimisation, the salon business continues to perform well in the beauty services category, it said. "Job work business continued to do well," said HUL. Lakme Lever has over 450 owned/managed and franchisee salons. In the last year's annual report, the number of saloons was 400. "The company has emerged stronger post the pandemic by strengthening safety, quality and expertise across all touch points in our customer

Operating environment to remain volatile amid global slowdown: HUL

Leading FMCG maker HUL expects the operating environment to remain volatile with global slowdown risks and weather-related uncertainty although price increase will tail off. In its annual report for 2022-23, the company said it anticipated a recovery in market volume gradually as consumption habits readjust with a lag. In the near term, the operating environment is expected to remain volatile with global slowdown risks and weather-related uncertainty, said the report. It further said,While inflation has moderated, commodities remain elevated vis--vis longer-term averages. Looking forward, we expect that the price-volume growth will rebalance. In the March quarter earnings call, HUL said the rural slowdown is "bottoming out" and a gradual recovery in volume is expected. However, HUL also warned that the near-term operating environment is likely to remain volatile due to global slowdown risk and uncertainty related to weather phenomena like El Nino, and heat waves. On the medium to

HUL well placed to partner India growth story, says Chairman Nitin Paranjpe

Paranjpe said that HUL is well-placed to partner the India growth story and is committed to playing its role in creating a sustainable and equitable future

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M-cap of 8 of top 10 valued firms soars Rs 1.26 trn; Reliance, HUL shine

Eight of the top 10 valued firms together added Rs 1,26,579.48 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries and Hindustan Unilever Ltd emerging as the biggest gainers. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 973.61 points or 1.59 per cent. Only ITC and Infosys faced erosion in their valuation, while Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, State Bank of India, HDFC and Bharti Airtel were the gainers. The market valuation of Reliance Industries jumped Rs 28,956.79 crore to Rs 16,80,644.12 crore. Hindustan Unilever's valuation rallied Rs 28,759 crore to Rs 6,16,391.77 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of HDFC Bank climbed Rs 23,590.05 crore to Rs 9,31,095.12 crore and that of TCS zoomed Rs 15,697.33 crore to Rs 11,97,881.94 crore. The mcap of HDFC surged Rs 13,893.03 crore to Rs 5,09,434.44 crore and that of ICICI Bank soared Rs 11,946.89 crore to Rs 6,59,479.70 crore. Bharti Airtel's valuation moved up by

After a muted Q4, high base could pose growth challenges for HUL

Muted volume growth, higher ad spends may be a drag on profitability

HUL Q4 results: Net profit rises 12.8% to Rs 2,600 crore, revenue up 10.5%

But volumes, top line, and operating performance below expectations

Rural slowdown bottoming out, gradual recovery in volume expected: HUL

The rural slowdown is "bottoming out" and a gradual recovery in volume is expected, helped by government initiatives to drive the economy there along with moderation of inflation, FMCG firm HUL's CFO Ritesh Tiwari said on Thursday. Though the rural growth was still down 3 per cent in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, it is on the right path of recovery with overall commodities price moderation, Tiwari said in an earnings call. "Everything is going in the right direction," he said, adding, with a good level of government expenditure to drive the rural economy, moderation of inflation and 6 to 6.4 per cent growth of country's GDP. While talking about the overall FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) market, Tiwari said, "the latest three-month market numbers are 11 per cent growth but volumes are flat. This is a better sign for the industry." Even if the volume is flat, he said, it is better "compared to what we had last year, about 4 per cent negative volumes in the previous quarter. So

Nifty ends April F&O series above 17900; Bajaj twins, Bharti Airtel support

CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex, meanwhile, rallied 349 points to settle at 60,649

Hindustan Unilever's earnings margin shrinks after increased commodity cost

HUL shares fell about 2%, taking their total declines this year to nearly 4%

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HUL cuts prices, raises grammage in detergent and dishwash segments

The price of Surf Excel Matic (liquid) has been cut to Rs 199 from Rs 220 for a one-litre pack