Stocks in news: HUL, Dabur, JSW Energy, Mindtree, Exide, NALCO

Bharat Bijlee Q1-Net loss at Rs 3.4 crore versus loss of Rs 4.8 crore (YoY)-Total income down 1.1 percent at Rs 130.3 crore versus Rs 131.8 crore (YoY)-EBITDA loss at Rs 1.5 crore versus loss of Rs 1.1 crore (YoY)

Gruh Finance Q1-Net profit up 19.7 percent at Rs 60.2 crore versus Rs 50.3 crore (YoY)-Calculated NII up 18.3 percent at Rs 126 crore versus Rs 106.6 crore (YoY)-Provisions/write-off at Rs 12.5 crore versus Rs 6.1 crore (QoQ) versus Rs 12.1 crore (YoY)

Exide Industries Q1-Net profit up 25.9 percent at Rs 196.05 crore versus Rs 155.7 crore (YoY)-Total income up 11.1 percent at Rs 2,011.1 crore versus Rs 1,810.6 crore (YoY)-EBITDA up 18.6 percent at Rs 315 crore versus Rs 265.5 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 15.7 percent versus 14.7 percent (YoY)-Exide appoints Bharat Dhirajlal Shah as chairman

Tayo Rolls Q1-Net loss at Rs 35.8 crore versus loss of Rs 17.6 crore (YoY)-Total income down 41.4 percent at Rs 17.1 crore versus Rs 29.2 crore (YoY)-EBITDA loss at Rs 4.8 crore versus EBITDA loss of Rs 9.2 crore (YoY)-Exceptional loss at Rs 28.7 crore

Hinduja Foundries Q1-Net loss at Rs 36.6 crore versus loss of Rs 98.5 crore (YoY)-Total income up 9.9 percent at Rs 166.4 crore versus Rs 151.4 crore (YoY)-EBITDA loss at Rs 11.3 crore versus loss of Rs 10.1 crore (YoY)

Jaiprakash Power Ventures Q1-Net loss at Rs 196.2 crore versus profit of Rs 66.96 crore (YoY)-Total income down 38 percent at Rs 753.77 crore versus Rs 1,209.4 crore (YoY)-EBITDA down 66 percent at Rs 305.7 crore versus Rs 900.8 crore (YoY)-EBITDA margin at 40.6 percent versus 74.5 percent (YoY)

Wipro AGM: Azim Premji says-US growth expected to pick up in H2-See one more hike in interest rate by Federal Reserve-Brexit has shocked the market-China growth has slowed down, making a shift from manufacturing to services economy-Overall outlook for IT services is positive-Managed smooth transition from 1 CEO to another-Have seen an increase in large deal wins & have increased client facing

Hotel Leela-Delhi HC sets aside award in company's favour in Airport Authority of India (AAI) land case-Delhi HC has given 15 days to pay royalty arrears to AAI worth Rs 258 crore-Company is seeking legal advice, including appeal to division bench of HC

NALCO-Inks memorandum of understanding (MoU) with government for higher production-FY17 revenue target excluding excise duty set at Rs 7,100 crore-Annual production target at 2.13 MT of alumina, 3.85 lakh tonne of aluminium-FY17 capex set at Rs 1,021 crore

JSW Energy-To acquire 500 MW Bina thermal power plant from Jaiprakash Power Ventures-To consider acquisition of 100 percent equity in Minerals & Energy Swaziland for USD 1.5 million-To acquire Bina power plant for enterprise value of Rs 2,700 crore

JSW Energy in talks to buy more assets from JP Power Venture: Sources-JSW Energy in talks to buy JP's 400 MW Vishnuprayag hydro asset-JSW Energy in talks to buy JP's transmission asset in Himachal Pradesh-JSW Energy in talks for another buyout worth over Rs 1,500 crore from JP Power

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:-Indiabulls Real Estate to issue non-convertible debentures (NCDs) worth Rs 200 crore on private placement basis-Piramal Enterprises to mull fundraising up to Rs 1,200 crore via NCD issue on July 21-Indiabulls Housing Finance to issue NCDs worth Rs 335 crore on private placement basis-City Union Bank to seek shareholder nod for resolution to raise capital-Tata Steel seeks shareholder nod to issue NCDs worth up to Rs 10,000 crore-Religare Enterprises gets shareholder nod to issue non-convertible preference shares-Himalya International board to meet on July 25 to consider asset reconstruction plan-Upper Ganges Sugar shareholder approve scheme of arrangement between company & Oudh Sugar-Dabur acquires 100 percent share capital in Discaria Trading, South Africa-Pil Italica Lifestyle gets order of 11,800 dust bins from Vijayawada Municipal Corporation-Oilmax Energy makes open offer to acquire 58.04 lakh shares of Asian Oilfield Services at Rs 32.40/share-Capital First board approves NCDs issue worth Rs 100 crore via private placement-Anjani Foods board approves scheme of merger between Sai Aditya Foods & company-Camlin Fine gets environmental clearance for proposed facility at Dahej SEZ, Gujarat-Bal Pharma board to meet on August 10 to consider certain key business propositions-Sujana Universal seeks shareholder nod to approve strategic debt restructuring (SDR)/outside SDR formulated by RBI-Samruddhi Realty board approves issue of NCDs worth Rs 75 crore via private placement-Byke Hospitality's Thane Hotel has acquired Wedding Garden measuring 20,000 square feet next to it-Century Enka gets shareholder nod to issue NCDs worth up to Rs 150 crore-Essel Propack opens new factory in Colombia-Crompton Greaves raises Rs 650 crore via bonds for capex and refinancing debt-Government to offer 40 percent capital grant for Gail's Jagdishpur – Haldia pipeline worth Rs 12,200 crore: FE-Government to privatise 2 loss making SAIL units Salem steel plant and Visvesvarya iron and steel plant: FE-Adani Power seeks shareholders nod to raise Rs 10,000 crore through GDR, ADR or debt instruments-Kerala assembly passes resolution against SBI-SBT merger-ZF Steering Gear acquires industrial plot on a lease of 30 years in Madhya Pradesh-Max promoters negotiating non-compete fee with HDFC: ET-ICICI Prudential Life listing may fetch parent (ICICI Bank) Rs 6,300 crore-Macquarie sold its entire stake in Gati aggregating 5.69 percent for Rs 88 crore at Rs 176/share-Abbott looks to downsize its portfolio by selling low end brands worth Rs 100 crore: ET-SREI Infra to seek shareholder approval for issuing NCDs worth Rs 10,000 crore-Saudi Telecom Company launches Jawwy from STC based on BuildaBazaar platform of Infibeam-GeeCee Ventures - Bombay high court sanctions scheme of amalgamation of GeeCee logistics & distributors with itself-Adani Power alloted 2.85 crore shares of Rs 10/share each to promoter group on conversion of warrants-Ballarpur Industries - India Ratings & Research downgrades long term rating from IND A+ to IND A- and short term rating from IND A1+ to IND A1-IL&FS Transportation - CARE assigns rating of CARE AA+ and Brickwork assigns BWR AA+ for the NCDs