The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 26, 2005

DSCL posts 56% increase in PAT — To invest Rs 68.5 cr in sugar plants
DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) has reported a profit after tax of Rs 32.27 crore for the third quarter ended December 2004, an increase of around 56 per cent compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The turnover ... More

OUTSOURCING

Northgate BPO net up at Rs 2 cr
NORTHGATE BPO Services Ltd recorded a total income of Rs 15.03 crore and a net profit of Rs 2.02 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004. Total income in the corresponding year-ago quarter amounted to Rs. 2.84 crores while net profit ... More

ELECTRONICS

Samtel Q3 net rises 158 pc on higher exports
SAMTEL Color Ltd has announced a 158 per cent jump in its profit after tax to Rs 20.9 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 8.1 crore in the same period last year. Total revenues during the quarter increased to Rs 275.5 ... More

PETROLEUM

Kochi Refineries Q3 net up at Rs 288 cr
THE net profit of Kochi Refineries Ltd has grown by 163 per cent to touch Rs 288.7 crore (Rs 109.7 crore) for the quarter ended December 2004. There was a corresponding growth in profit before tax, which touched Rs 354.8 crore (Rs 151.3 ... More

PHARMACEUTICALS

Research costs drill a hole in Lupin's Q3 profits
LUPIN Ltd has reported a 39 per cent dip in its profits for the three-month-period ended December 31, 2004, due to promotional and research expenses. The company has clocked a net profit of Rs 24.5 crore for the third quarter compared with Rs ... More

Elder Pharma Q3 net up 39 pc
MUMBAI: The Mumbai-based Rs 275-crore Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd has clocked a 39 per cent growth in net profit, at Rs 7.02 crore for the three months ended December 31. This is against Rs 5.04 crore registered in the same period last ... More

POWER

NTPC revises capacity expansion target upwards for Eleventh Plan — Third quarter net up 67 pc
NATIONAL Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) — the country's largest power producer — has revised upwards its capacity addition target for the Eleventh Plan period to 17,000 MW, from a target of 11,000 MW set earlier. "We are ... More

TYRES

MRF Q1 net down 32%
CHENNAI: MRF Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 11.30 crore on income from operations of Rs 686.93 crore for the first quarter ended December 31, 2004. This represents a 32 per cent drop in net profits when compared to the corresponding ... More

HCV/LCV/TRACTORS

Price rise, shift in product mix drive Ashok Leyland net up 41%
ASHOK Leyland Ltd has registered a 41 per cent increase in net profit and a 16 per cent increase in income from operations for the third quarter of this financial year over the same period last year. For the nine-month period ended December 31, ... More

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS & HOSPITALS

Indraprastha Medical posts lower net in Q3
INDRAPRASTHA Medical Corporation Ltd, the holding company for the Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, has reported a total income of Rs 43.74 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004 as against Rs 44.05 crore registered during ... More

HARDWARE

TVS-E net dips 36% in Q3
TVS Electronics on Tuesday reported a 36-per cent drop in net profit to Rs 38 lakh for the quarter ended December 2004 compared to Rs 60 lakh for the same period in the previous year. Revenues grew about one per cent to Rs 68.44 crore (Rs 67.78 ... More

SOFTWARE

HCL Tech net income rises 47 pc in Q2 — Merger of some subsidiaries under way
HCL Technologies on Tuesday reported a 46.7 per cent rise in its net income for the second quarter ended December 2004 to Rs 129.14 crore compared to Rs 88.02 crore in the same period previous year. Its consolidated revenues during the period ... More

Pentamedia Graphics net up at Rs 3.3 cr

VisualSoft Q3 net down

GTL Q3 net down 26.7%

PAPER, BOARD & NEWSPRINT

BILT Q2 net up 32 pc to Rs 43 cr
BALLARPUR Industries Ltd (BILT) on Tuesday announced 30.15 per cent net profit growth for the six months ended December 31, 2004 at Rs 83.41 crore on a flat total revenue of Rs 1,108 crore. For the second quarter ended December 31, 2004, the ... More

NBFCS

Cholamandalam posts Rs 7.8 cr net in Q3
CHOLAMANDALAM Investment and Finance Company Ltd, a part of the Murugappa group, has reported a net profit of Rs 7.78 crore on an income from operations of Rs 51.63 crore for the quarter ended December 31. During the corresponding period in the ... More

HOUSING FINANCE

HDFC net rises 29 pc in Q3
HOUSING Development Finance Corporation has reported a 29 per cent increase in net profit, at Rs 236.05 crore, for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 182.81 crore during the corresponding ... More

PRIVATE BANKS

ING Vysya Bank Q3 net falls to Rs 6.4 cr
ING Vysya Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 6.37 crore for the third quarter of the financial year, down from Rs 23.8 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The lower profit was partly due to the reduced gross income of ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS

UCO Bank net slips 58 pc in Q3
UCO Bank has recorded a net profit of Rs 55 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2004, a sharp drop of 58.95 per cent over the Rs 134-crore net during the corresponding quarter in the previous fiscal. The bank, however, recorded a ... More

Andhra Bank Q3 net up 30 pc
THE strategy to enhance the non-interest income levels to address the falling treasury incomes and thinning spreads has helped for Andhra Bank posted a growth of over 30 per cent in net profit for the third quarter of 2004-05. The bank has ... More

State Bank of Mysore net dips 29 pc in Q3
STATE Bank of Mysore has reported a net profit of Rs 34.38 crore for the third quarter (Q3) of the current financial year, down 29 per cent from the corresponding quarter of the previous year. A bank release said here that the drop was due to ... More