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Business / Tue, 28 May 2024 The Economic Times

Stocks in news: LIC, Vedanta, IRCTC, RITES, NALCO, Adani Energy Solutions, Timken, CMS Info Systems

(You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our ETMarkets WhatsApp channelIndian headline indices slipped in the red on Monday after hitting fresh lifetime highs dragged by FMCG, metals and energy stocks . The company board has declared a final dividend of Rs 6 per share.Indian commodities tycoon Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Ltd . The mining major is working with advisers including Axis Bank subsidiary Axis Capital and Citigroup Inc. on the offering, the people said. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 495 crore in the March quarter of FY23, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) said in a filing to the BSE. The term sheet indicates that the floor price has been set at Rs 3,550 per share, which is a 10.2% discount to Monday's closing price of Rs 3,956.

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Indian headline indices slipped in the red on Monday after hitting fresh lifetime highs dragged by FMCG, metals and energy stocks . While the S&P BSE Sensex scaled 76,009.68 before closing the session at 75,390.50, down by 19.89 points or 0.03%, the broader Nifty finished at 22,932.45, lower by 24.65 points or 0.11%.In today's trading session, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRCTC ), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL), Vedanta Timken , National Aluminium Company, Adani Energy Solutions and CMS Info Systems , among others will be in focus due to various related developments or quarterly earnings As many as 453 companies are due to post their quarterly results. Among them will be IRCTC, ABFRL, JSW Holdings, GIC, NBCC, Amara Raja Energy & Mobility, Aster DM Healthcare, Campus Activewear, Eureka Forbes and RITES Ltd.India's largest life insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 13,782 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, which was up by 4.5% over Rs 13,191 crore reported in the corresponding period of the last financial year. The company board has declared a final dividend of Rs 6 per share.Indian commodities tycoon Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Ltd . is considering a share sale as soon as the coming weeks that could raise as much as 85 billion rupees ($1 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said. The mining major is working with advisers including Axis Bank subsidiary Axis Capital and Citigroup Inc. on the offering, the people said. It has started gauging interest from potential investors including Middle Eastern funds, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.State-owned Nalco on Monday reported a two-fold rise in consolidated profit to Rs 996.74 crore for the March quarter on the back of lower expenses. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 495 crore in the March quarter of FY23, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) said in a filing to the BSE. However, the consolidated total income during the quarter dropped to Rs 3,663.09 crore from Rs 3,726.76 crore in the year-ago period.Adani Energy Solutions said on Monday that its board has approved a fundraise of up to Rs 12,500 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) or any other permissible route. In its filing to the exchanges, the company said that the fundraising exercise will be subject to the receipt of the necessary approvals at the ensuing Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled on June 25, 2024.Foreign promoters of Timken India are likely to sell 6.6% of stakes in the company through block deals on Tuesday, according to a term sheet issued by BofA Securities India. The term sheet indicates that the floor price has been set at Rs 3,550 per share, which is a 10.2% discount to Monday's closing price of Rs 3,956. The sale at the floor price could fetch Timken's parent company around Rs 1,775 crore or $213 million.The stock will be in focus as Tuesday will be the ex-date and record date for company dividend which has been declared at Rs 3.25 per share.

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