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India’s Leela hotels owner Schloss slashes IPO size by 30%

(Reuters) -Schloss Bangalore, the owner of Leela luxury hotels, has slashed its IPO size by 30% to 35 billion rupees ($409 million), joining a growing list of companies that have trimmed their issues due to market uncertainty. Brookfield-backed Schloss, which initially planned a 50 billion-rupee initial public offering, will run the issue from May 26-28, …

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India’s United Spirits posts profit rise on strong consumer demand for premium alcohol

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s United Spirits reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its premium alcohol brands and resumption of sales in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh in September after a five-year gap. The Indian arm of spirits maker Diageo reported a standalone profit of 4.51 billion rupees ($52.72 …

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India’s JK Tyre posts smaller quarterly profit on tepid truck, bus sales

(Corrects date) (Reuters) -India’s JK Tyre reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by tepid demand in the truck and bus segment. The company’s consolidated net profit dropped 43% to 970.4 million rupees ($11.3 million), from 1.69 billion rupees a year before. Quarterly revenue rose 1.6% to 37.59 billion rupees, likely helped by …

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India’s Torrent Pharma misses quarterly estimates on Brazil currency depreciation

(Reuters) -Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals missed fourth-quarter profit and revenue estimates on Tuesday, hurt by currency depreciation in Brazil, its top overseas market by revenue. The company reported consolidated net profit of 4.98 billion rupees ($58.2 million) for January-March quarter, up 11% from a year earlier. Analysts, on average, expected a profit of 5.19 billion …

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India’s Gland Pharma posts quarterly profit fall, hit by sluggish U.S. sales

(Adds chart; no changes to text) (Reuters) -India’s Gland Pharma, which make injectable versions of generic drugs, reported a 3.1% fall in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, weighed down by weaker sales in the U.S., a key region for the company. The company reported a consolidated net profit of 1.87 billion rupees ($21.9 million) for the …

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India’s April infrastructure output growth hits eight-month low

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s infrastructure output grew 0.5% year-on-year in April, its slowest pace in eight months, dragged by weakness in crude oil and refinery products, government data showed on Tuesday. The index, which tracks activity across eight sectors and makes up 40% of the country’s industrial production, grew at a revised 4.6% in March, …

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India’s Hindalco beats quarterly profit estimates on surging commodity prices

By Manvi Pant (Reuters) -Hindalco Industries, one of India’s largest copper and aluminium producers, reported fourth-quarter profit above analysts’ estimates on Tuesday, driven by a surge in commodity prices. Consolidated net profit for the Aditya Birla Group-owned firm rose to 52.83 billion rupees ($618.05 million) for the quarter ended March 31. Analysts had expected, on …

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Financials, IT lead slide in Indian equities on likely foreign outflows

By Vivek Kumar M and Bharath Rajeswaran (Reuters) – India’s benchmark indexes dropped about 1% on Tuesday as the heavyweight financials and information technology stocks succumbed to likely selling by foreign investors. The Nifty 50 slipped 1.05% to 24,683.9, while the BSE Sensex fell 1.06% to close at 81,186.44 points, dropping for the third session …

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Rupee slips along with local stocks and Chinese yuan even as dollar softens

By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee weakened on Tuesday as dollar bids from foreign banks, likely on behalf of custodial clients, and a softer Chinese yuan outweighed positive cues from broad weakness in the greenback. The rupee closed at 85.6350 against the U.S. dollar, down about 0.3% on the day. Asian currencies …

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India’s Redington posts higher quarterly profit on strong cloud demand (May 19)

(This May 19 story has been corrected to clarify that Redington does not distribute Samsung products in India, in paragraph 1) (Reuters) – Redington, a distributor for Apple in India, reported an increase in adjusted quarterly profit, driven by higher demand for cloud services and automation. The Chennai, Tamil Nadu-based company reported a profit before …

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