04/08/2024
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*Today’s News Broadcast*
1. Divi's Laboratories reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 430 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, which was up by 21% over Rs 356 crore reported by the company in the year ago period. It was lower than Street's estimates of Rs 448 crore.
2. Infosys said late Saturday that the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) had ended “the pre-show cause notice proceedings for the financial year 2017-2018,” adding that “the GST amount as per the pre-show cause notice for this period was Rs 3,898 crore”.
3. In 2023, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg declared a shift towards AI, significantly increasing tech infrastructure spending. Major tech firms, such as Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet, are also investing heavily in AI, despite investor worries about delayed returns. These companies see AI as a transformative technology worth the high costs.
4. Eveready Industries India saw an 18.1% increase in Q1 net profit, reaching Rs 29.36 crore, while revenue declined by 3.9% to Rs 349.37 crore. The company attributed the revenue dip to multiple factors, including a high base effect and a slowdown in some products, but highlighted gains from premiumisation and innovation.
5. JK Tyre & Industries recorded a 37% rise in net profit to Rs 211 crore for the first quarter of FY25, compared to Rs 154 crore in the same period last year. Despite a slight drop in total income, the company mitigated this with strong export growth and contributions from its subsidiaries.
6. SBI reported PAT at Rs 16,884.29 crore in the year-ago period. The Street had estimated PAT at around Rs 16,786 crore. During the reported quarter, the interest earned amounted to Rs 1,11,526 crore, marking a 16% increase compared to the Rs 95,975 crore reported by the lender in the same quarter of the previous financial year. The bank's interest expenditure for the April-June quarter was Rs 70,401 crore, up from Rs 57,041 crore, representing a 23% year-over-year increase.
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