With EBITDA per tonne in triple digits, the quarter-ended September 2022 was a total washout for most major cement companies. Despite cost pressures, many small units have evaded sale and debt default, said industry and rating executives.
Companies are seeing smaller price hikes for certain services. Large scale contract changes are missing
Analysts expect the profit margins to contract at most drug companies in the June quarter from a year ago
Sundeep Muthangi of IIFL cautions that IT sector on the whole may see weak earnings performance. However he expects Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL Technologies to outperform its peers in terms of revenue growth.
India's export of goods rose an unprecedented 82% to USD 29.3 billion this July. However, neither the exporters nor the government is celebrating, reports CNBC-TV18. The gloom comes in the light of an expected slide in outflow in the coming months, on the back of global uncertainty and cost pressures in the domestic market.
Global miner Rio Tinto on Thursday posted a 12% rise in second-quarter iron ore production versus a year ago and said its Australian coal operations were recovering from flood-related disruptions but also warned of cost pressures.