Better-than-expected realisations and lower costs led to improvement in per-tonne profitability
The cement manufacturer said it achieved 60 per cent capacity utilisation in first 68 operating days since the national lockdown
Consolidated Ebitda margins improved to 31 per cent in Q1FY21 from 27 per cent in the corresponding quarter of previous year
Virus-led disruption, availability of labour major concerns
Firm realisation and lower costs bode well for profitability
Damani, the owner of Avenue Supermarts, has informally reached out to the cement manufacturer's controlling shareholder
Most firms not indicating financial impact
In a regulatory filing, the Aditya Birla Group firm said the capital and financial resources of the company remain entirely protected
Strong cost controls, lower diesel, petcoke and coal prices helped
Manufacturers in India and China were anticipating growth on the back of an infrastructure splurge. The pandemic has forced them to cut back, and revival this year looks tough
Reliance Industries will be in focus today as its mega rights issue opens today and closes on June 3
As per weekly option data, handful of put writing on lower strikes ranging from 9,200 to 9,400 is seen which shows Nifty would witness firm support in sub 9,200 zone
The stock price has broken out from the symmetrical triangle on the daily chart
UltraTech Cement, as well as other companies like Dalmia Bharat Cement, Heidelberg Cement India and others, said that partial operations at some of the companies' plants have resumed
Universal Cables announced that operations at its manufacturing units in Satna had been temporarily suspended with effect from the midnight of March 24
Change effective March 27; NSE also moves Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance out of Nifty Next 50, brings in Torrent Pharma, Adani Transmission
A likely demand improvement, declining costs is keeping some analysts positive on ACC, but UltraTech's better placed given higher per tonne profit and expanded capacities
UltraTech and Shree Cement now together account for a fifth of the combined m-cap of Asia's leading listed cement makers, against their 6 per cent share in industry's revenues
Metal stocks were under heavy selling pressure today as investors grew increasingly anxious about the economic impact of spreading of China's Coronavirus outbreak
The company management said the signs of revival were visible in some markets during the latter part of the October-December quarter.