Shoppers Stop reported a net loss of Rs 3.58 crore in Q2 September 2021, lower than the net loss of Rs 97.70 crore in Q2 September 2020.
Asian Paints declined 6.29% to Rs 2,969.50 after the company posted a 28.2% decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 595.96 crore in Q2 FY22
Nifty PSU Bank led the sectoral pack on the NSE with gains of 2.73% followed by Nifty Bank adding 1.30% to end above the 40,000.
In the rejigging exercise, Ashish Kacholia bought a stake in ten companies while he partially or completely exited five stocks.
With core business in Q2FY22 slightly higher than pre-covid levels, management narrative has shifted from recovery to growth via aggressive scale-up.
Barring the Nifty IT (down 0.46%) index all other sectoral indices were trading with gains. Nifty Realty was the top gainer as it rallied 1.14%.
Jindal Stainless (Hisar) commissioned the 26,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) capacity Precision Strip Mill as part of the first phase of it expansion plan.
Overseas, Asian stocks are trading mixed on Thursday, as investors monitored shares of developer China Evergrande Group in Hong Kong.
LKP Securities is bullish on State Bank of India with a price target of Rs 520.
The selloff in the broader markets was much severe compared to benchmark indices as BSE MidCap & BSE SmallCap indices were tanked around 2%.