Stocks in news: Coal India, Tata Steel, JSPL, GMR, Pipavav

EID Parry Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 30 crore versus profit of Rs 36.2 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 4,347 crore versus Rs 4,095.5 crore (YoY)-EID Parry says Anand Narain Bhatia steps down as chairman, A Vellayan to replace him

BGR Energy Systems Q2-Net profit at Rs 8.4 crore versus Rs 9.5 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 832.3 crore versus Rs 694.2 crore (YoY)

Nectar Life Q2-Net profit at Rs 17.3 crore versus Rs 16.4 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 396.7 crore versus Rs 393.9 crore (YoY)

FACT Q2-Net loss at Rs 61 crore versus loss of Rs 67.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 651 crore versus Rs 563 crore (YoY)

McNally Bharat Engineering Q2-Net loss at Rs 79.5 crore versus loss of Rs 8.3 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 737.9 crore versus Rs 563.3 crore (YoY)

Dhanlaxmi Bank Q2-Net profit at Rs 0.5 crore versus Rs 5 crore (YoY)-NII at Rs 71 crore versus Rs 72 crore (YoY)-Gross NPAs at 8.75 percent versus 8.45 percent (QoQ)-Net NPAs at 4.14 percent versus 4.22 percent (QoQ)-Provisions at Rs 4.9 crore versus Rs 35.3 crore (QoQ), versus Rs 19.8 crore (YoY)

Visa Steel Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 159.7 crore versus loss of Rs 69.1 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 276.8 crore versus Rs 376.3 crore (YoY)-Consolidated finance costs at Rs 123.4 crore versus Rs 61.3 crore (YoY)

IVRCL Q2-Net loss at Rs 305.5 crore versus loss of Rs 187.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 641 crore versus Rs 611.5 crore (YoY)

Jindal Saw Q2-Net profit at Rs 101.1 crore versus Rs 74.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 1,345 crore versus Rs 1,591.4 crore (YoY)

MMTC Q2-Net profit at Rs 43.8 crore versus loss of Rs 10.1 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 4,903.9 crore versus Rs 2,519.8 crore (YoY)-Other income at Rs 76.2 crore versus Rs 28 crore (YoY)

Ramky Infra Q2-Net loss at Rs 85.7 crore versus loss of Rs 142.3 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 318.4 crore versus Rs 221.6 crore (YoY)

Prestige Estates Q2-Net profit at Rs 108.9 crore versus Rs 96.9 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 644.5 crore versus Rs 547.5 crore (YoY)

GMR Infra Q2-Net profit at Rs 134 crore versus loss of Rs 206 crore (YoY)-Revenue at Rs 3,091 crore versus Rs 2682 crore (YoY)-EBITDA at Rs 900 crore versus Rs 590 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 36 percent versus 27 percent (YoY)

Apollo Hospitals Q2-Net profit at Rs 93.6 crore versus Rs 91.5 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 1,367 crore versus Rs 1,152 crore (YoY)

Pipavav Defence Q2-Net loss at Rs 170.2 crore versus loss of Rs 120.5 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 54 crore versus Rs 212 crore (YoY)

Welspun Corp Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 118 crore versus Rs 51 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 2,503 crore versus Rs 2,412 crore (YoY)

Jammu and Kashmir Bank Q2-Net profit at Rs 196 crore versus Rs 172 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 1,848 crore versus Rs 1,883 crore (YoY)-Gross NPA at 6.46 percent versus 4.73 percent (QoQ)-Net NPA at 2.78 percent versus 2.46 percent (QoQ)

Jindal Steel & Power Q2-Net loss at Rs 618 crore versus profit of Rs 422 crore (YoY)-Total income loss at Rs 47,428 crore versus profit of Rs 51,831 crore (YoY)

DLF says-Have signed agreement with GIC Singapore-GIC Singapore will invest Rs 1,990 crore in company's 2 upcoming projects in central Delhi

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says-FDI decisions taken for 15 sectors to be vetted by cabinet within a month-Will assess proposals on multi-brand retail once cos apply to FIPB-Have ensured that manufacturing companies are able to sell online-There are hesitations on 'fly by night' operators in the banking sector-Prepared to allow 100 percent FDI in defence on a case-to-case basis-Government doesn't have intention to bypass legislation route on reforms-Will address all the concerns on GST

Government decides to set up disinvestment commission: Sources-Government floats cabinet note for mechanism to initiate strategic stake sale-Government floats cabinet note for mechanism to initiate sale of sick companies-To set up disinvestment commission as body of external advisors-Divestment commission part of 3-Tier mechanism for strategic stake sale-Admin ministry to refer potential stake sale matters to divestment commission-Disinvestment commission may advise on mode of transaction, quantum-Inter-ministerial group (IMG) to examine disinvestment commission's recommendations-IMG to refer divest panel’s recommendations to panel of secretaries headed by cabinet secretary-Cabinet secretary led panel to fine-tune stake sale plans for cabinet reference-Cabinet to decide price, bidder for strategic stake sales-Stake sale in ITDC Hotels may be 1st proposal to be referred to divest panel

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