Stocks in news: Hindalco, Praj, BoI, L&T Fin, Pfizer, Eros

STC Q2-Net profit at Rs 1 crore versus loss of Rs 2.3 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 49.6 crore versus Rs 27.6 crore (YoY)

Hitech Plast Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 4.9 crore versus Rs 2.5 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 108 crore versus Rs 137 crore (YoY)

Zodiac Clothing Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 1.2 crore versus profit of Rs 1.1 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 85.7 crore versus Rs 95.8 crore (YoY)

Take Solutions Q2-Net profit at Rs 25 crore versus Rs 39.5 crore (QoQ)-Total income at Rs 241.7 versus Rs 228.6 crore (QOQ)

HPCL Q2-Net loss at Rs 320.5 crore versus profit of Rs 1,588 crore (QoQ)-Total income at Rs 42,072 crore versus Rs 51,803 crore (QoQ)-EBITDA loss at Rs 58 crore versus Rs 3,063 crore (QoQ)-Net loss at Rs 320.5 crore versus profit of Rs 850.2 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 42,072 crore versus Rs 51,667 crore (YoY)-EBITDA loss at Rs 58 crore versus profit of Rs 1,600 crore (YoY)

Kohinoor Foods Q2-Net loss at Rs 16.1 crore versus profit of Rs 4.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 366.1 crore versus Rs 253.7 crore (YoY)-Exceptional loss at Rs 25 crore

Orchid Chemicals Q2-Net loss at Rs 69 crore versus profit of Rs 272 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 210.8 crore versus Rs 175 crore (YoY)Alert: Orchid Chemicals Q2FY15 had an exceptional gain of Rs 319 crore

Coffee Day Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 9.3 crore versus loss of Rs 39.3 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 666 crore versus Rs 577.2 crore (YoY)

UFO Moviez Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 16.5 crore versus Rs 13 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 148.2 crore versus Rs 125.6 crore (YoY)

Radico Khaitan Q2-Net profit at Rs 18.6 crore versus Rs 14.9 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 369.8 crore versus Rs 362.6 crore (YoY)

Central Bank Of India Q2-Net profit at Rs 113 crore versus Rs 103 crore (YoY)-NII at Rs 1,913.4 crore versus Rs 1,827.6 crore (YoY)-Gross NPA at 6.86 percent versus 6.7 percent (QoQ)-Net NPA at 3.83 percent versus 4 percent (QoQ)-Gross NPA at Rs 13,358 crore versus Rs 12,931 crore (QoQ)-Net NPA at Rs 7,193 crore versus Rs 7,448 crore (QoQ)-Provisions at Rs 645.4 crore versus Rs 580.7 crore (QoQ), Rs 707.8 crore (YoY)-Provision coverage ratio at 57.61 percent as on September 30

Oil India Q2-Net profit at Rs 675 crore versus Rs 775.4 crore (QoQ)-Total income at Rs 2,531 crore versus Rs 2,882.6 crore (QoQ)-EBITDA at Rs 905 crore versus Rs 1,217 crore (QoQ)-EBITDA margin at 35.7 percent versus 42.2 percent (QoQ)

MTNL Q2-Net loss at Rs 730.4 crore versus loss of Rs 745 crore (QoQ)-Total income at Rs 787.2 crore versus Rs 803.6 crore (QoQ)

LT Foods Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 26 crore versus Rs 20 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 691 crore versus Rs 681 crore (YoY)

Ahluwalia Contracts Q2-Net profit at Rs 19.1 crore versus Rs 16.2 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 281 crore versus Rs 240 crore (YoY)

Parsvnath Developers Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 24.6 crore versus profit of Rs 12.6 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 65.5 crore versus Rs 252.4 crore (YoY)

Jain Irrigation Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 26 crore versus loss of Rs 23.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 1,315.7 crore versus Rs 1,270 crore (YoY)

Novelis Q2 (Hindalco subsidiary)-Net loss at USD 13 million; net income at USD 25 million versus USD 36 million (YoY) excluding special items-Revenue at USD 2.5 billion versus USD 2.8 billion (YoY)

Lloyd Electric Q2-Net profit at Rs 10.5 crore versus Rs 4.4 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 399.5 crore versus Rs 304.4 crore (YoY)

Man Industries Q2-Net profit at Rs 20.3 crore versus Rs 3.7 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 321 crore versus Rs 276.1 crore (YoY)

Ansal Housing Q2-Net profit at Rs 3.6 crore versus Rs 13.7 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 115.9 crore versus Rs 267.2 crore (YoY)

Pennar Industries Q2-Net profit at Rs 6.4 crore versus Rs 4.4 crore (YoY)-Net sales at Rs 217.5 crore versus Rs 208.8 crore (YoY)

Eros International Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 90.3 crore versus Rs 50.1 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 504.9 crore versus Rs 240 crore (YoY)

Pfizer Q2-Net profit at Rs 61.6 crore versus Rs 1.8 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 512.1 crore versus Rs 480.5 crore (YoY)

Balkrishna Industries Q2-Net profit at Rs 125 crore versus Rs 90.2 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 686.8 crore versus Rs 881.3 crore (YoY)

Maxwell Industries Q2-Net loss at Rs 6.3 crore versus profit of Rs 11.3 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 50 crore versus R s67.4 crore (YoY)

Educomp Solutions Q2-Consolidated net loss at Rs 128.6 crore versus loss of Rs 567.2 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 127.6 crore versus Rs 130.6 crore (YoY)

Moser Baer Q2-Net loss at Rs 285 crore versus loss of Rs 138.2 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 140 crore versus Rs 244 crore (YoY)

Indian Hotels Q2-Consolidated net profit at Rs 53.6 crore versus Rs 97.7 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 1,020.6 crore versus Rs 937 crore (YoY)

Auto industry seeks harmonisation of tax rates ahead of Budget: Sources-Industry seeks two flat excise duty rates on vehicles at 12.5 percent & 20 percentAlert: Currently there are four excise duty rates of 12.5 percent, 24 percent, 27 percent, 30 percent-Industry seeks abolition of national calamity duty of 1 percent on vehicles-Industry seeks tax reduction on 10-13 seater buses to 12.5 percent from 27 percent-Industry seeks incentives for replacement of old vehicles-Industry seeks year 2000 as cut-off for replacement of old vehicles-Auto companies urge government to maintain customs duty at 60 percent

FIPB-Approves 8 FDI proposals worth Rs 5,200 crore-FIPB deferred 4 FDI proposals & rejected 5 applications-Rejected Sharekhan's FDI proposal-Approves proposals of L&T Finance & India Advantage Fund-Approves 4 alternative investment funds

Financial Technologies-In agreement with SG BRIC III Trading, LLC to sell 1.61 percent stake in IEX-To raise Rs 34.64 crore from 1.61 percent stake sale in IEX to SG BRIC III Trading, LLC-In agreement with Siguler Guff NJMD Investment Holdings to sell 3.02 percent stake in IEX-To raise Rs 64.99 crore from 3.02 percent stake sale in IEX to Siguler Guff NJMD Investment Holdings

GE bags order worth USD 2.6 billion from Indian Railways-GE to invest USD 200 million to develop, supply 1,000 locomotives to Indian RailwaysAlert: This is the largest contract for GE with Indian Government till date

UB group to sell residual stake worth Rs 2200 crore in United Spirits: BS-To use funds to repay loans

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