By earn 
Market After Close
Lupin surges to a new 52-week high of Rs 2,030 per share as its net profit rises 77.2% YoY to Rs 801.3 crore in Q1FY25, helped by reduced inventory and finance costs. Revenue increases 17.2% YoY to Rs 5,668.1 crore, driven by a rise in the India, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) businesses. It appears in a screener of stocks with improving return on equity (RoE) over the past two years.
Bata India’s Q1FY25 net profit rises 62.8% YoY to Rs 174.1 crore. However, revenue falls 1.4% YoY to Rs 944.6 crore due to the elections and extreme heat wave during the last quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing profits every quarter for the past 3 quarters.
Suzlon Energy rises sharpy as its board of directors approves the acquisition of a 76% stake in Renom Energy Services for a total consideration of Rs 660 crore.
Tata Power rises as its Q1FY25 revenue grows by 13.3% YoY to Rs 17,541 crore, driven by an improvement in the generation, renewables and transmission & distribution (T&D) segments. However, net profit remains flat at Rs 971.9 crore due to higher power, fuel, transmission, raw materials and employee benefits expenses. It features in a screener of stocks with improvement in cash flow over the past two years.
Markets rise on early trading, Nifty 50 was trading at 24283.55 (291, 1.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 79464.49 (871.4, 1.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22728.55 (285.3, 1.3%)
Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1895 stocks traded today, 1715 were on the uptrend, and 159 went down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Oil India Ltd. (616.35, 7.9%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (327.90, 7.1%) and Cummins India Ltd. (3,766.55, 6.9%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Gland Pharma Ltd. (2,032, -3.6%), Shree Cements Ltd. (25,389.60, -2.7%) and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (1,343.35, -2.7%).
Volume Shockers
8 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included BASF India Ltd. (6,933.15, 20%), Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (2,378.25, 3.8%) and VIP Industries Ltd. (448.10, 0.9%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were EIH Ltd. (374.95, -5.5%), Gland Pharma Ltd. (2,032, -3.6%) and Shree Cements Ltd. (25,389.60, -2.7%).
Sapphire Foods India Ltd. (1,648.65, -0.5%) was trading at 8.8 times of weekly average. AIA Engineering Ltd. (4,439.90, -0.5%) was trading with volume 3.3 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
27 stocks made 52 week highs, while 2 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included – Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (2,938.60, 5.4%), Akzo Nobel India Ltd. (3,225.15, 3.9%) and Atul Ltd. (8,021.20, 3.3%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included – IndusInd Bank Ltd. (1,343.35, -2.7%) and Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd. (79.20, 0.0%).
14 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Alok Industries Ltd. (26.23, 4.6%) and Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (395.45, 4.3%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including EIH Ltd. (374.95, -5.5%) and Bata India Ltd. (1,463.80, -3.4%).
