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The country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp Thursday beat street estimates to report 14% increase in net profit at Rs 1,203.54 crore for the second quarter ended Sep 30, 2024.

Allcargo Logistics has clocked a net sales of Rs 689.80 crore in Q2 of FY25 up 79.43% from Rs 384.43 crore in Q2 of FY24. The quarterly net profit of the company stood at Rs 36.99 crore in Q2 of FY25 up 161.04% from Rs. 14.17 crore in Q2 of FY24.

Ipca Laboratories on Thursday said its consolidated net profit declined 58 per cent year-on-year to Rs 229 crore in the September quarter. The drug firm had reported a net profit of Rs 145 crore in the year-ago period.

Delhivery reported a net profit of Rs 10 crore in Q2FY25, compared to a loss of Rs 103 crore in Q2FY24. Revenue grew 13% YoY to Rs 2,190 crore. EBITDA increased to Rs 57 crore. Express Parcel revenue grew 7% YoY, and Part Truckload revenue grew 27% YoY.

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The reduction in the company’s losses was driven by higher revenues on both a yearly and quarterly basis. Firstcry’s operator reported a topline of Rs 1,905 crore in Q2FY25, up from Rs 1,507 crore in the same quarter last year and Rs 1,652 crore in Q1FY25, reflecting a 26% YoY and 15% QoQ increase.

Muthoot Finance reported a 21% YoY rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 1321 crore in Q2FY25. Standalone net profit grew 26% to Rs 1251 crore. Assets under management increased 31% YoY to Rs 90,197 crore.

A Sebi study found that Indian listed companies paid royalty to related parties exceeding 20% of net profits once in four times. In half the cases, royalty payments exceeded dividends paid to non-related shareholders. 1,538 instances of royalty payments within 5% of turnover were observed, with 1,353 made by profitable companies and 185 by loss-making ones.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.18 per cent at 50179.55.