
ITC Q4 results preview: Tobacco-to-fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) conglomerate ITC is scheduled to release its fourth quarter (Q4FY25) results on Thursday, May 22. ITC Q4 results 2025: Profit estimates Brokerages tracked by Business Standard in the fourth quarter (Q4FY25), expect ITC’s net profit to slip 5.2 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) on average, to ₹4,758.26 crore as compared to ₹5,020 crore. Sequentially, the profit after tax (PAT) is expected to slip by 12.2 per cent from ₹5,421 crore in Q3. ITC Q4
Read More

The ongoing rally in benchmark indices has not lifted all boats, as only a handful of stocks have recovered to their levels at last year’s market peak. While the Nifty 50 index is currently less than 5 per cent below its high and has recovered 14 per cent from its recent low of 21,750 levels, 41 stocks (82 per cent), are still below their closing prices when the index hit its peak on September 27, data shows.
Read More

Shares of telecom companies – Vodafone Idea (Voda Idea), Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (TTML) ended on a mixed note on Monday after the Supreme Court dismissed the petitions moved by them seeking a waiver on long-standing adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The telcos were looking for a relief related to payment of interest, penalty, and interest on penalty components as part of their AGR dues. Voda Idea, in particular, witnessed a sharp fall and the stock ended
Read More

Shares of Vodafone Idea saw a sharp fall in trade on Monday, May 19, 2025. The decline in the share price of the telecom company came after the Supreme Court rejected Vodafone Idea’s plea against the Government order to not waive off or provide relief in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. Vodafone Idea shares dropped 9.9 per cent to ₹6.64 per share on the BSE in the intraday trade, following the development. At 1:30 PM, Vodafone Idea stock
Read More

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), India’s largest domestic institutional investor, has seen the value of its portfolio rise nearly ₹1.8 trillion as the market staged a recovery from its April 2025 lows. From ₹13.65 trillion as on April 7, 2025 when the markets hit their recent low, the value of LIC’s well-diversified 206-stock portfolio has risen to ₹15.43 trillion as on May 16, 2025, marking ₹1.78 trillion crore mark-to-market gain. The public sector insurer’s
Read More