Stocks in Focus on May 22: Domestic stocks markets ended with decent gains on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The barometer S&P BSE Sensex rose 114.29 points or 0.37% at 30,932.90. The Nifty 50 index rose 39.70 points or 0.44% at 9,106.25. Trading was volatile due to expiry of weekly index options on NSE. Banks shares reversed gains while auto shares allied for the third straight day. But certain stocks came in news after the market was closed. These stocks can impact the indices when it reopens on Friday, May 21, 2020. List of such five stocks:

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BSE/ Jubilant Industries/ VST Industries/ Quick Heal/ Bajaj Holdings: These companies have declared their March quarter results after the market was closed on Thursday. Find Details:

BSE: BSE on Thursday reported the financial results for Q4FY20 and reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 1.3 crore year-on-year against the profit of Rs 51.9 crore posted in the same quarter last year. Revenue from operations rose by 3.4% to Rs 119.6 crore from Rs 115.7 crore. EBITDA declined 30% to Rs 40.8 crore from Rs 58.3 crore posted last year. They have considered Other Income in EBITDA calculation. Besides, the board has recommended the payment of a final dividend of Rs. 17 per equity share.

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Jubilant industries: Jubilant Industries on Thursday reported financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020, and reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 1.9 crore in Q4FY20 as against the loss of Rs 5.2 crore posted in Q4FY19. Revenue from operations declined 12.6% to Rs 124.4 crore from Rs 142.4 crore posted a year ago in the same quarter. EBITDA stood at Rs 6.1 crore, down 19.7%, from Rs 7.6 crore. 

VST Industries Ltd.: VST Industries on Thursday posted the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020, and reported a 33.2% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit at Rs 70.6 crore in Q4FY20 as compared to Rs 53 crore posted in Q4FY19. The company’s revenue from operations increased 6.9% to Rs 291.5 crore against Rs 272.6 crore posted last year. EBITDA rose 16.7% to Rs 94.8 crore from Rs 81.2 crore posted last year. Besides, the board of the company has recommended a final dividend of Rs. 103 per equity share.
 
Quick Heal Technologies Ltd: The Pune-based IT security services provider Quick Heal posted its financial results of the March quarter of the financial year 2019-20 (FY20) and reported 71.1% year-on-year decline in consolidated profit to Rs 8 crore from Rs 27.7 crore. The company’s revenue from operations declined 25.2% to Rs 64.3 crore from Rs 86 crore. EBITDA stood at Rs 7.6 crore, down 80.3%, from Rs 38.6 crore posted last year. Margins declined to 11.8% from 44.9% reported in Q4FY19.
 
Bajaj Holdings & Investments: Bajaj Holdings on Thursday posted the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020, and reported 54.3% year-on-year decline in consolidated profit to Rs 361.4 crore from Rs 791.4 crore. Its revenue went up by 33.1% to Rs 110.5 crore against Rs 83 crore posted in Q4FY19. EBITDA stood at Rs 70.3 crore, up 52.8%, from Rs 46 crore. The company has deferred tax charges of Rs 142 crores. Share of profit of associates and JV also declined from 32% to Rs 518 crore.   

Bandhan Bank: The bank has said that business of around 65,000 micro banking borrowers, amounting to exposure of approximately Rs 260 crore could be impacted due to super cyclonic storm, ‘AMPHAN’. The cyclone has had an impact on 49 banking units (micro banking outlets) in five districts, out of which 45 were operational yesterday, May 21, 2020. The major impact has been in the district of South 24 Parganas. The bank says that the AMPHAN affected portfolio is expected to regularize by Q3FY21. 

Hero MotoCorp: State-owned LIC has increased its stake in India’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp by 2% through the acquisition of shares from the open market between June 21, 2017, and May 19, 2020. With this, LIC has 7.14% stakes in the two-wheeler company. 

Aditya Birla Mutual Fund: Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has suspended fresh inflows In two Debt Schemes from May 22, 2020.

Out of T2T segment: 220 shares including D-Mart, Affle India and Goa Carbon have been moved out from the T2T (Trade 2 Trade) segment.