US sanctions against Iranian oil exports take effect on 4 November, but the impact is already starting to show. India’s crude oil imports from Iran fell in the first half of August, according to a report by Edelweiss Securities Ltd, citing data from FGE, a global oil and gas consultancy. The accompanying chart has the details. A weaker August comes after a strong July. The US sanctions are expected to make it challenging for India to sustain oil imports from Iran, its third-biggest crude supplier.

Bajaj Auto may have reported a 39% year-on-year increase in its domestic sales in the three months to June, but analysts are concerned about the Pune-headquartered firm’s profitability, given it has triggered a price war.

The Bajaj Auto stock has lost 4% over the last one month and 9% over the last six months. The stock closed Tuesday’s trading session at Rs 2,727.55 on the BSE, down 0.24% over Monday’s close.

KOLKATA: Coal India (CIL) will strictly implement its credit policy and levy penal interest on payment delayed beyond 15 days, and stop supply if money is not paid in a month as the company wants to bring down receivables that touched Rs 12,500 crore in April.

“Although we have a policy of levying penal interest and discontinuing coal supplies if dues extend beyond a month, it was never implemented strictly.

Bengaluru: Infosys said it has opened technology and innovation hub in North Carolina, taking it to three such hubs in the US. The company inaugurated its Technology and Innovation Hub in Raleigh on Wednesday (August 22). The other two were set up in Indianapolis and Connecticut recently.

Larsen and Toubro’s (L&T) buyback proposal, which will be considered by the company’s board on August 23, could be of up to `12,300 crore based on its net worth, debt, cash and bank balances, and investments in securities, bonds and debentures. As on March 31, 2018, L&T’s net worth stood at ` 49,174.25 crore on a standalone basis, while its cash and bank balances, investments in securities, bonds and debentures stood at `17,425 crore on a consolidated basis, according to Bloomberg data.

Similar to its peers BPCL and HPCL that reported last week, IOC also reported a strong result. Reported Ebitda of Rs 126 bn (+14% q-o-q, +57% y-o-y) was sharply 66% ahead of our estimates and 20% ahead of Bloomberg consensus forecasts. Large inventory gain of Rs 78.7 bn (`59.2 bn or $6.8/bbl in refining) was a key reason for the beat. We expected core marketing margins to be weak, as OMCs had not taken enough timely increases in petrol/diesel prices.

South Korean auto major Hyundai Motor Company has acquired a stake in Indian self-drive car-sharing company Revv for an undisclosed sum. Hyundai’s investments in India’s car-sharing platform follows similar investments made earlier during the year by Ford as well Mahindra & Mahindra in Zoomcar. M&M had invested close to Rs 175 crore for a significant minority stake in Zoomcar.

Telecom companies added around 1.55 crore wireless subscribers in the country in June, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed on Monday. Accordingly, the total wireless subscription base in the country rose to around 114.65 crore from 113.10 crore in May.

BENGALURU: Maruti Suzuki on Monday launched the new Ciaz with an aim to wrest back the No.1 spot in the country’s mid-size sedan segment.

Taking the price-value equation to the next level, the company priced the new car aggressively at Rs 8.19-10.97 lakh exshowroom pan-India. The new Ciaz is cheaper by Rs 50,000-2.5 lakh to the Honda City and Rs 1-2 lakh to the Hyundai Verna.

NEW DELHI: State-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has claimed it has outperformed private sector rivals such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in net subscriber additions in 2017-18, and plans to build on the gains by spending Rs 4,300 crore for network expansion in this fiscal year.

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