Stocks in news: TVS Motor, SBI, Ranbaxy, Hindalco, Maruti

US FDA approves Teva's generic of AstraZeneca's NexiumAlert: Ranbaxy loses chance to retain Nexium exclusivity

Fund ActionAban Offshore-Swiss Finance Corporation (Mauritius) sells 2.9 lakh shares at Rs 475.4/shareIndiabulls Real Estate-Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore PTE buys 27.15 lakh shares at Rs 73/shareIndian Terrain Fashions-HSBC Mutual Fund buys 1.21 lakh shares at Rs 550/share-Malabar India Fund buys 1.12 lakh shares at Rs 550/share-EOS Multi Strategy Fund sells 1 lakh shares at Rs 540/share-New Vernon pvt Eq FDI A/c sells 1.84 lakh shares at Rs 541.3/shareINOX Leisure-Norges Bank On Account Of Government Pension Fund Global buys 13 lakh shares at Rs 181.5/shareShemaroo Entertainment-HDFC Mutual Fund sells 1.58 lakh shares at Rs 270.5/share-J P M S L A/C Copthall Mauritius Investment buys 270/sharePhoenix Lamps-Argon India sells 9.36 lakh shares at Rs 113/share (promoter)Dolphin Offshore-Hypnos Fund sells 2.5 lakh shares at Rs 155/share

SBI-Signs loan agreement for €100 million With European Investment Bank-In loan pact with European Investment Bank to support SME and midcaps

RBI-Announces simplification of external commercial borrowing (ECB) norms-Banks can change drawdown, repayment date of ECBsRBI says-FCCBs not covered under new rules for overseas borrowings-Can hike all-in-cost for ECB rescheduling & restructuring-Interest rate on floating rate bonds, 2035 at 7.64 percent per annum-Interest rate on floating rate bonds applicable from January 25, 2015 till January 24, 2020

CBI-Registers fresh case against Hindalco in coal scam-Fresh case w.r.t. allotment of Talabira-I coal block, Odisha-Carries out searches at 4 places in Mumbai and OdishaAditya Birla Group says-CBI has now begun its investigation into Talabira-I coal block-CBI carried out searches at 3 of Hindalco’s sites w.r.t. Talabira-I-CBI already filed closure report w.r.t. allocation of 15 percent share to Hindalco in Talabira II & III coal mine-CBI has been investigating coal block allocations made since 1993 under SC

SpiceJet: Sources-Company may be compelled to take 11 Boeing 737s on fresh lease from two airlines-Ajay Singh will have to negotiate for fresh lease of 11 aircraftAlert: SpiceJet owes close to Rs 700 crore to lessors in rentals-Lessors may start taking back aircraft by middle of the week-Ajay Singh, investors invest Rs 100 crore over this weekend-Ajay Singh, Investors to invest Rs 400 crore more by February 15-2 equal tranches of Rs 500 crore expected in March, April respectively-Ministry has not made any reference to open offer exemptionAlert: As of now, SpiceJet owes almost Rs 1,600 crore to creditors

United Spirits Q3-Standalone net profit at Rs 78.8 crore versus Rs 64.9 crore (YoY)-Standalone total income at Rs 2,318 cr vs Rs 2,266 crore (YoY)-Standalone EBITDA at Rs 237 crore versus Rs 222 crore (YoY)-Standalone operating margin at 10.2 percent versus 9.8 percent (YoY)-Price increase in key raw material extra neutral alcohol had adverse impact of Rs 38 crore

City Union Bank Q3-Net profit at Rs 102.7 crore versus Rs 89.1 crore (YoY)-NII at Rs 209.8 crore versus Rs 197.5 croreore (YoY)-Gross NPA at 2.12 percent versus 2 percent (QoQ)-Net NPA At 1.31 percent versus 1.30 percent (QoQ)-Provisions at Rs 27.1 crore versus Rs 54.6 crore (QoQ), Rs 29.1 crore (YoY)-Capital adequacy ratio (Basel III) at 15.73 percent versus 16 percent (QoQ)

Tata Coffee Q3-Consolidated net profit at Rs 18.3 crore versus Rs 37.7 crore (YoY)-Consolidated total income at Rs 426.5 crore versus Rs 391.9 crore (YoY)-Consolidated EBITDA at Rs 72 crore versus Rs 64 crore (YoY)-Consolidated operating margin at 16.9 percent versus 16.4 percent (YoY)

Persistent Systems Q3-Consolidated net profit at Rs 74.4 crore versus Rs 71.3 crore (QoQ)-Consolidated rupee revenue at Rs 494.6 crore versus Rs 464.2 crore (QoQ)-Consolidated dollar revenue at USD 79.52 million Versus USD 76.3 million (QoQ)-Consolidated EBITDA at Rs 100 crore versus Rs 96 crore (QoQ)-Consolidated EBITDA margin at 20.1 percent versus 20.7 percent (QoQ)-Persistent Systems board approves bonus issue in ratio of 1:1

Shriram Transport Finance Q3-Standalone PAT at Rs 312.5 crore versus Rs 301.4 crore (YoY)-Standalone total income at Rs 2,203 crore versus Rs 2,032 crore (YoY)-Standalone NII at Rs 1,052.4 crore versus Rs 935.7 crore (YoY)

Liberty Shoes Q3-Net profit at Rs 4.2 crore versus Rs 3.6 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 144.6 crore versus Rs 120.3 crore (YoY)Liberty Shoes says-Will initiate fund raising exercises soon-To acquire assets of footwear biz held by promoter family

UltraTech Cement Q3-Standalone net profit down 1.5 percent at Rs 364.4 crore versus Rs 369.7 crore (YoY)-Standalone total income up 16.3 percent at Rs 5,601 crore versus Rs 4,815 crore (YoY)-Standalone operating profit up 20.3 percent at Rs 957 crore versus Rs 796 crore (YoY)-Standalone operating margin at 17.1 percent versus 16.5 percent (YoY)-Standalone other income at Rs 32.8 crore versus Rs 68.1 crore (YoY)UltraTech Cement says-Demand growth in long-term likely to be around 8 percent-Housing & infra spends will remain key demand drivers-Business outlook remains challenging

Rane Brake Q3-Net profit at Rs 4.4 crore versus Rs 2.4 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 101.1 crore versus Rs 92.9 crore (YoY)

Bharat Bijlee Q3-Net loss at Rs 4.1 crore versus profit of Rs 0.7 crore (YoY)-Net sales at Rs 168.3 crore versus Rs 149.3 crore (YoY)

WABCO India Q3-Net profit at Rs 28.3 crore versus Rs 20.2 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 318.2 crore versus Rs 259.7 crore (YoY)

Bharat Electronics Q3-Net profit up 33.8 percent at Rs 271.8 crore versus Rs 191.7 crore (YoY)-Total income up 29.3 percent at Rs 1608.2 crore versus Rs 1201.4 crore (YoY)-EBITDA up 56.4 percent at Rs 278 crore versus Rs 178 crore (YoY)-Operating margin at 17.3 percent versus 14.8 percent (YoY)

Omax Autos Q3-Net loss at Rs 4.6 crore versus loss of Rs 3.7 crore (YoY)-Total income at Rs 251.6 crore versus Rs 241.1 crore (YoY)

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:-TCS: Ex-dividend - Rs 5/share-Max India: Press briefing today to announce an important corporate development at 1:40 PM-Cera Sanitaryware board to mull issue of shares on preferential basis to persons other than promoters on January 29-Sources say ONGC agrees to Cairn being given Rajasthan block extension: PTI-Gilead expands Hepatitis-C licensing pacts with Indian firms-Ashoka Buildcon says company’s unit Ashoka Highways completes Rs 324 crore debt refinancing with ICICI Bank-SEBI gives nod to MCX-SX to launch fresh contracts-Gruh Finance appoints Hitesh Agarwal as CFO-Aditya Ispat appoints Alphonsa Domingo as CFO-Gayatri Projects wins order worth Rs 119 crore from ADB project at Chhattisgarh-Supreme Infra to issue 36.06 lakh shares to QIBs at Rs 277.39/share-Jet Airways seeks shareholders' nod to raise USD 300 million via issue of securities to Etihad on private placement basis-NCDEX to launch forward trade in seven commodities from February 2