Nestlé India has managed to grow volume sales in all its product categories in 2017. While the company has grown its sales over the past few years, except in 2015, an all-round growth has come after years.

As per the annual report of the country’s largest pure-play food and beverages company by revenue, during the calendar year 2017, four big product categories — milk products and nutrition, prepared dishes and cooking aids, powder and liquid beverages and confectionary — grew by volume.

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) stock has significantly lagged the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex over the past year, even as prices of crude oil, its mainstay, have rallied (see chart). There has been some catching up in the past week, led by improving prospects in the business. If the trend sustains, which seems likely, ONGC’s investors could see good returns.

Gautam Adani-led Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has signed a long-term agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification services at its upcoming LNG import terminal at Dhamra in Odisha.

According to the contract, IOC has booked 3 million tonne per annum (mtpa) regasification capacity spread over 20 years and IOC plans to supply this gas to its refineries in Paradip in Odisha and Haldia in West Bengal, the company said.

Infosys’ shares slid 3 per cent after the Indian IT services giant said it expected operating margins lower than the previous year’s.

The firm is forecasting an operating margin of 22-24 per cent this year, lower than previous year’s 23-25 per cent view. That fell short of investors’ expectations, Citigroup analyst Surendra Goyal said, given its annual sales forecast only managed to match estimates.

New Delhi, Apr 16 () Essar Oil (UK), which owns and operates Britain's Stanlow Refinery, will touch double-digit margins this fiscal after it completed a USD 250 million investment in upgradation of the refinery, its chief executive S Thangapandian said.

The company, controlled by Ruia-family of Mumbai that sold Essar Oil to Russia's Rosneft for USD 12.9 billion, has completed efficiency enhancement programme, the Project Tiger Cub, following which Stanlow's annual crude oil processing is projected to go up to 72 million barrels per day from 68 million bpd, he said.

NEW DELHI: Sending a positive signal to farm sector and overall economy, the country’s national weather forecaster - India Meteorological Department (IMD) - on Monday predicted ‘normal’ monsoon rains during June-September period.

“Monsoon 2018 is likely to remain normal at 97 per cent (with an error margin of +/-5 per cent) of the long period average (LPA) for the four-month period from June to September”, said IMD director general K J Ramesh.

Mumbai: ONGC Petro Additions Ltd (OPAL) plans to raise Rs492 crore from Tata Mutual Fund and SBI Fund Management Pvt. Ltd through the sale of compulsorily convertible debentures (CCDs), two people aware of the development said.

Tata Mutual Fund will invest Rs292 crore while SBI Fund Management will invest Rs200 crore, the people mentioned above said on condition of anonymity.

Mumbai: The Indian rupee on Monday closed over six month low against the US dollar as nation’s trade deficit widened more than estimated in March.

The home currency closed at 65.49 against US dollar—a level last seen on 3 October 2017, down 0.41% from Friday’s close of 65.22. The rupee opened at 65.34 a dollar and touched a low of 65.51 a dollar.

Telecom regulator Trai today unveiled beta version of a portal that aims to bring on one platform the telecom tariffs offered by different operators and in different service areas. The move is expected to provide more transparency and information on multiple tariff offerings by telcos, helping consumers at large.

Domestic mutual fund houses loaded up on ICICI Bank shares buying 42 million shares in March, after concerns regarding impropriety involving CEO Chanda Kochhar in Videocon loan dragged the shares sharply last month. Notably, the shares had closed at Rs 313.28 on February 28th. At the end of March, the shares had fallen to Rs 278 as on March 28th (the last trading day in March), implying a near 12% fall.

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