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5 min read | Updated on May 02, 2025, 14:09 IST
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Shares of the country's largest private port operator rose as much as 6.40% to hit an intraday high of ₹1,294.85 after it reported strong March quarter earnings on Thursday.
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Shares of the Sajjan Jindal-backed steel maker fell as much as 7.77% to hit an intraday low of ₹948.35. | Image: Shutterstock
The Indian equity benchmarks were witnessing heightened volatility in noon deals on Friday, May 2, as traders resorted to profit booking at intraday highs ahead of the weekend amid geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, analysts said. Reports of retaliation by Indian forces to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack led to selling pressure in the equity markets, analysts said. As of 1:12 pm, the SENSEX was up 422 points at 80,666 and NIFTY50 index advanced 71 points to 24,405.
Its revenue from operations rose 23% to ₹8,488 crore in the March quarter, as against ₹6,896.50 crore registered in the year-ago period.
Adani Ports' operating profit, also known as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), rose 21% to ₹4,966 crore as against ₹ 4,102 crore in the same period last year.
Its revenue from operations, however, declined 7% to ₹27,601.64 crore as against ₹29,630 crore seen in the year-ago period.
Its revenue from operations rose 57% in fourth quarter of financial year 2024-25 to ₹1,308 crore as against ₹833 crore in the same period last year.
According to a news report by CNBC-TV18, the apex court said that the resolution plan for Bhushan Power and Steel was illegal and should not have been accepted by the Committee of Creditors (CoC).
A Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the CoC's approval of JSW Steel's bid for BPSL was contrary to the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and cannot be sustained.
Revenue from operations stood at ₹2,121.73 crore in the March FY25 quarter, up 48.77% from ₹1,426.09 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) declined by 2% to ₹634 crore in the quarter under review, compared to ₹649 crore in Q4 FY24.
The bank’s net interest income during the period grew 8.3% to ₹2,377.4 crore as against ₹2,195.2 crore year-on-year (YoY).
The net interest income (NII) is one of the key metrics to assess a banking or financial entity's financial performance.
The IT firm reported a net profit of ₹105.2 crore in the same quarter last year, while it rose 21% QoQ compared to the profit of ₹88.8 crore in the previous quarter. Its revenue from operations rose 14% YoY to ₹429.8 crore, up 14.5% YoY. In Q4FY24, revenue stood at ₹375.2 crore, while it was ₹381.1 crore in the December quarter.
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