Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Pan Electronics (India) are: Net Sales at Rs 0.55 crore in December 2023 up 99.95% from Rs. 0.27 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Loss at Rs. 0.48 crore in December 2023 up 60.93% from Rs. 1.22 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands negative at Rs. 0.27 crore in December 2023 up 65.38% from Rs. 0.78 crore in December 2022.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Caplin Point Laboratories are: Net Sales at Rs 132.83 crore in December 2023 up 1.71% from Rs. 130.60 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 55.45 crore in December 2023 down 6.29% from Rs. 59.17 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands at Rs. 81.22 crore in December 2023 up 0.43% from Rs. 80.87 crore in December 2022.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for WS Industries are: Net Sales at Rs 110.39 crore in December 2023 up 342.55% from Rs. 24.94 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 13.91 crore in December 2023 up 134.78% from Rs. 5.93 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands at Rs. 15.63 crore in December 2023 up 282.15% from Rs. 4.09 crore in December 2022.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Mercantile Ventures are: Net Sales at Rs 7.93 crore in December 2023 up 40.34% from Rs. 5.65 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 1.49 crore in December 2023 down 33.72% from Rs. 2.24 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands at Rs. 2.01 crore in December 2023 down 39.27% from Rs. 3.31 crore in December 2022.

Crypto lender Genesis Global has settled a lawsuit that the New York Attorney General Letitia James brought against its parent company Digital Currency Group & crypto firm Gemini Trust Co last year. The lawsuit was for allegedly defrauding investors of over $1 billion. By doing so the company has eliminated a major legal burden amidst its bankruptcy proceedings.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Diamond Power Infrastructure are: Net Sales at Rs 59.96 crore in December 2023 up 4345.64% from Rs. 1.35 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Loss at Rs. 5.28 crore in December 2023 up 65.83% from Rs. 15.45 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands at Rs. 3.06 crore in December 2023 up 126.98% from Rs. 11.34 crore in December 2022.

Grasim Industries has started the trial run for three plants of its paints business - Birla Opus – and is on track to launch the operations in the current quarter.The Aditya Birla group company announced its foray into this business in 2021 with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore, and intends to be the second largest player in the country over the next few years.

Domestic benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to rebound from a two-day losing streak due to gains in banking stocks. However, experts believe that the markets will trade sideways in the near-term without immediate triggers. The fear gauge India VIX has cooled off while mid-and smallcaps may undergo bouts of profit-booking due to end of financial year.

AstraZeneca expects to boost 2024 revenue and profit on the back of its blockbuster cancer drugs, but lower than expected fourth-quarter profit dragged the London-listed drugmaker's shares down more than 5% on Thursday. In almost a decade since AstraZeneca fended off a takeover by U.S. rival Pfizer, CEO Pascal Soriot has rebuilt the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker's pipeline.

Skanska, one of the largest construction companies in the Nordics and the US, reported a significant decrease in fourth-quarter operating profit due to property value writedowns. They have proposed a reduced dividend and cited weak markets, particularly in US commercial real estate development, as the reason for 2 billion crowns worth of impairments.

India's foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 5.736 billion to USD 622.469 billion in the week of February 2, with foreign currency assets increasing by USD 5.186 billion and gold reserves by USD 608 million. The rise comes after a previous week's increase of USD 591 million, with October 2021 seeing an all-time high of USD 645 billion.

DB Realty has announced its plan to demerge its hospitality business into a separate unit, leading to a 2% increase in its stock price. The demerged entity will include notable assets like Goan Hotels & Realty Pvt Ltd and Bamboo Hotel And Global Centre (Delhi) Pvt Ltd. This move aims to unlock the value of the real estate and hospitality business for shareholders and attract investors focus.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Chemtech Industrial Valves are: Net Sales at Rs 10.77 crore in December 2023 up 190.82% from Rs. 3.70 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 1.09 crore in December 2023 up 18111.67% from Rs. 0.01 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands at Rs. 1.55 crore in December 2023 up 868.75% from Rs. 0.16 crore in December 2022.

Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for SVA India are: Net Sales at Rs 0.13 crore in December 2023 up 1.54% from Rs. 0.13 crore in December 2022. Quarterly Net Loss at Rs. 0.31 crore in December 2023 up 44.52% from Rs. 0.57 crore in December 2022. EBITDA stands negative at Rs. 0.20 crore in December 2023 up 33.33% from Rs. 0.30 crore in December 2022. SVA India shares closed at 8.13.

The Nifty 50 ended Friday's trading session in the negative territory with banks and healthcare stocks gaining the most. The broader indices closed in the red, while midcap, smallcap, and microcap stocks saw losses. The market rebounded from yesterday's sell-off aided by a surge in banking stocks. Analysts predict further upside towards key moving averages for Nifty.