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Trendlyne Marketwatch
14 Aug 2025, 03:56PM
Market closes flat, Amara Raja's Q1 net profit drops 20.7% YoY to Rs 194 crore
By Trendlyne Analysis

 

 

Nifty 50 closed at 24,631.30 (12.0, 0.1%), BSE Sensex closed at 80,597.66 (57.8, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 22,680.25 (-17.9, -0.1%). Market breadth is in the red. Of the 2,484 stocks traded today, 866 were in the positive territory and 1,563 were negative.

Indian indices closed flat after switching between losses and gains throughout the day. The Indian volatility index, Nifty VIX, rose 1.8% and closed at 12.4 points. India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation fell to a two-year low of -0.6% in July from -0.1% in June, driven by easing prices of food items and fuel.

Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 closed lower. Nifty Metal and BSE Oil & Gas were among the top index losers today. According to Trendlyne’s sector dashboard, Metals & Mining emerged as the worst-performing sector of the day, with a fall of 1.3%.

Asian indices closed mixed. European indices are trading mixed. US index futures are trading flat, indicating a cautious start to the trading session. Investors await July Producer Price Index (PPI) data, scheduled for release today, to assess the impact of tariffs on goods costs. Brent crude futures are trading higher after falling 0.7% on Wednesday.

  • Money flow index (MFI) indicates that stocks like HBL Power Systems, Fortis Healthcare, NMDC Steel, and EIH Hotels are in the overbought zone.

  • IRB Infrastructure Developers is rising as its Q1FY26 net profit jumps 44.6% YoY to Rs 202.5 crore. Revenue grows 9.8% YoY to Rs 2,164.6 crore, owing to improvements in the build, operate & transfer (BOT) and lnvITs & related assets segments. It features in a screener of under radar, strong performing stocks.

  • Indian Oil Corp falls as its Q1FY26 net profit misses Forecaster estimates by 17.2% despite rising 82.9% amid lower crude oil prices. Revenue grows marginally by 0.9% to Rs 2.2 lakh crore during the quarter. It features in a screener of stocks with increasing trend in non-core income.

  • Amara Raja Energy & Mobility is falling as its Q1FY26 net profit drops 20.7% YoY to Rs 194 crore due to higher raw materials, inventory, employee benefits, and finance costs. However, revenue grows 3.9% YoY to Rs 3,419.6 crore, helped by improvements in the lead acid batteries & allied products segment. It shows up in a screener of stocks with medium to low Trendlyne momentum scores.

  • Alkyl Amines Chemicals is falling as its Q1FY26 net profit misses Forecaster estimates by 6.4% despite rising 1.2% YoY to Rs 49.4 crore. Revenue increases 1.5% YoY to Rs 405.5 crore, driven by an improvement in the amines segment during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change over the past quarter.

  • S&P Global raises India’s sovereign rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-’, while maintaining a stable long-term outlook. The rating agency believes that stable policy and high infrastructure investment as key drivers of India’s long-term growth prospects.

  • Ashok Leyland is rising as its net profit grows 13% YoY to Rs 593.7 crore in Q1FY26, helped by higher inventory destocking. Revenue increases 1.5% YoY to Rs 8,724.5 crore, driven by higher sales in the commercial vehicles and financial services segments. The company features in a screener of stocks with improving net profit and profit margins YoY.

  • Shilpa Medicare is rising as its board of directors sets September 26 as the record date for its 1:1 bonus share issue. The shareholders will receive one new fully paid equity share of Rs 1 each for every one existing equity share.

  • Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation's Q1FY26 net profit rises 7.5% YoY to Rs 330.7 crore. Revenue increases 3.5% YoY to Rs 1,159.7 crore, driven by higher sales in the internet ticketing and tourism segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with improving book value per share over the past two years.

  • Abhay Soi, the CMD of Max Healthcare, highlights that the company added two hospitals – one in Dwarka and the JP Hospitals acquired last year. He notes that the new hospitals are operating at 125% margins in their first year. Soi adds that international revenue grew 25–30% in Q1 and expects a similar trend ahead.

  • Deepak Nitrite is falling as its net profit plunges 44.6% YoY to Rs 112.2 crore in Q1FY26. Revenue decreases 12.8% YoY to Rs 1,889.9 crore due to lower sales in the phenolics and advanced intermediates segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks underperforming their industry price change over the past quarter.

  • Infosys is rising as it agrees to acquire a 75% stake in Versent Group from Australia’s Telstra for over Rs 1,300 crore. Telstra will retain the remaining 25%, with the deal aimed at accelerating AI-led cloud and digital transformation for Australian enterprises. Nomura expects it to add about $70 million to Infosys' revenue in FY26.

  • HDFC Bank revises the fees for savings, salary and non-resident (NR) accounts. The bank reduces the free monthly cash transaction value to Rs 1 lakh per account from Rs 2 lakh per account. It also reduces the immediate payment services (IMPS) charges to Rs 2.5 from Rs 3.5 for regular customers and Rs 2.3 from Rs 3 for senior citizens.

  • Surya Roshni’s Q1 FY26 revenue falls 20% YoY to Rs 1,207 crore due to slower execution of government projects. Net profit drops 75% YoY to Rs 24 crore on weaker price realisations of steel products. The stock appears in a screener of companies with a PEG lower than the industry average.

  • Endurance Technologies is rising as its Q1FY26 net profit grows 11% YoY to Rs 226.4 crore. Revenue jumps 17.3% YoY to Rs 3,354.5 crore, owing to improvements in the Indian and European markets. It appears in a screener of stocks with prices above short, medium and long-term moving averages.

  • All Time Plastics' shares debut on the bourses at a 13.2% premium to the issue price of Rs 275. The Rs 400.6 crore IPO received bids for 8.3 times the total shares on offer.

  • India’s wholesale price index (WPI) inflation drops to a two-year low of -0.6% in July, down from -0.1% in June. The decline was driven by easing prices across key categories, including food articles and manufactured products.

  • JSW Cement's shares debut on the bourses at a 4.4% premium to the issue price of Rs 147. The Rs 3,600 crore IPO received bids for 7.8 times the total shares on offer.

  • HG Infra Engineering's Q1 FY26 revenue falls 3.1% YoY to Rs 1,484.5 crore due to a slowdown in order execution. Net profit declines 39.2% YoY to Rs 98.8 crore, impacted by higher finance costs and increased project execution expenses. The firm appears in a screener of stocks with zero promoter pledge.

  • Muthoot Finance surges to its all-time high of Rs 2,799 per share as its Q1FY26 net profit jumps 73.2% YoY to Rs 2,016.2 crore, helped by lower impairment of financial instruments. Revenue grows 44.4% YoY to Rs 6,485 crore, driven by improvements in assets under management (AUM) from gold loans. It features in a screener of undervalued growth stocks.

  • The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data reports an 8.7% YoY growth in domestic two-wheeler sales at 15.7 lakh units in July. Passenger vehicle sales remain flat at 3 lakh units. Three-wheeler sales increase by 17.5% to 69,403 units. 

  • Nuvama Wealth Management is rising as its net profit grows 19.4 YoY to Rs 264 crore, helped by lower loan losses. Revenue increases 18.2% YoY to Rs 1,122.7 crore, driven by higher contribution from the capital markets and wealth management businesses during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with improving ROE over the past two years.

  • Bharat Petroleum Corp's Q1FY26 net profit misses Forecaster estimates by 14.6% despite surging 140.7% YoY to Rs 6,839 crore, driven by lower raw materials and finance costs. Revenue falls marginally by 0.3% YoY to Rs 1.1 lakh crore during the quarter. It shows up in a screener of stocks with growing costs YoY for long-term projects.

  • Jubilant Foodworks is rising as its net profit surges 64.4 YoY to Rs 91.8 crore, helped by lower finance costs. Revenue increases 17% YoY to Rs 2,260.9 crore, driven by higher delivery channel orders during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks where mutual funds have increased their shareholding in the past quarter.

  • Vishal Mega Mart is rising sharply as its Q1FY26 net profit jumps 37.2% YoY to Rs 206.1 crore. Revenue grows 21.2% YoY to Rs 3,157.3 crore, driven by improvements in the own brands portfolio, strong footfall and store additions. It features in a screener of stocks with rising net cash flow and cash from operating activities.

  • Nifty 50 was trading at 24,642.20 (22.9, 0.1%), BSE Sensex was trading at 80,625.28 (85.4, 0.1%), while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,737.15 (39.1, 0.2%)

  • Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1,994 stocks traded today, 1,245 were gainers and 689 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,757.40, 9.9%), Coromandel International Ltd. (2,353.20, 4.2%) and Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd. (112.72, 3.8%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include NMDC Ltd. (69.40, -4.4%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (394.35, -4.1%) and Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (1,220.70, -3.7%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

26 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Muthoot Finance Ltd. (2,757.40, 9.9%), Pfizer Ltd. (5,328, 4.3%) and Chalet Hotels Ltd. (933, 4.2%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Cohance Lifesciences Ltd. (913.85, -7.3%), Ventive Hospitality Ltd. (712.90, -6.5%) and Bata India Ltd. (1,049.70, -4.3%).

Newgen Software Technologies Ltd. (886.45, 3.7%) was trading at 18.9 times of weekly average. AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (8,314.50, -1.2%) and Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (937.60, -3.0%) were trading with volumes 16.3 and 11.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

12 stocks made 52 week highs, while 6 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (7,821.50, 0.2%), Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (932, -1.5%) and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (6,002.50, 0.6%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bata India Ltd. (1,049.70, -4.3%) and Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (2,154, -0.8%).

18 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Tata Communications Ltd. (1,694.90, 3.4%) and Crisil Ltd. (5,339.50, 2.6%). 11 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Engineers India Ltd. (190.31, -5.4%) and NHPC Ltd. (82.32, -3.3%).

 
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