Ahead of its June quarter results announcement, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd’s (Bhel) shares had fallen 25% in the past three months. In comparison, the Nifty Infrastructure index had risen by about 2%. As it turns out, investors were on the right track in assessing Bhel’s performance. Its performance in the June quarter was dismal, with its dangerous mix of weak revenues and bloated expenses resulting in operating losses.

Maruti Suzuki is betting on its pre-owned cars business, True Value, to ramp up new car sales with the introduction of standalone True Value outlets. Earlier, the company’s True Value outlets, which is the company’s pre-owned car business, were attached to new car showrooms. But on Thursday, the company unveiled plans to open standalone branches solely for sale and exchange of pre-owned cars. The company will also launch a smartphone app, that would help a buyer select a car from those available at a True Value centre.

The stock of Tata Motors on Thursday fell to hit a 15-month low of Rs 380.90 after the automaker reported weaker-than-expected earnings in the April-June quarter. Though Tata Motors posted a net profit of Rs 3,200 crore, it was on the back of a one-time gain relating to recent changes made to JLR pension plan, without the one-time gain the company would have posted a net loss due to a forex loss of Rs 631 crore. So far this year, the stock fell by 19.19%. The stock settled at Rs 380.90 on the BSE. During the day, it ran down 9.77% to Rs 376 — its 52-week low. On the NSE, it slipped 8.61% to end at Rs 380.20.

Infosys and Wipro from the IT industry were trading in the green on Friday morning, even as the benchmark indices and broader markets were trading in the red. The Infosys share opened at Rs 976 and went on to hit the day’s high of Rs 997 on NSE. Asian Pants, L&T and ONGC plunged by more than 2%. Sensex shed more than 300 points, while the Nifty had hit a low of 9,704 in the morning trade. The Sensex opened at 31,355 and soon dived to the day’s low of 31,194.87.

Oil and Natural Gas Corp. plans to tap the debt market for the first time, an opportunity that may be hard to pass up for bond bulls.

India’s largest state-run energy producer may sell bonds and take out loans of as much as $4 billion to pay for the purchase of the government’s $5.2 billion stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp. and bankroll $4.5 billion of projects, according to company executives with knowledge of the matter.

Dalal Street seems to be going through a consolidation mode after hitting life highs in the bygone week. Key indices languished in the red for the fourth consecutive session after succumbing to heavy selling pressure. Market surprises have only started, experts are of the view.

After opening lower, the 30-share Sensex recovered only to slip again to close at 31531.33 hitting a one-month low, after plunging 266.51 points, or 0.84%. The level was last seen on July 7 when it ended at 31360.63. The gauge had lost 527.57 points in the previous three sessions.

Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland is looking at after-market business to boost its revenues and expects the segment to contribute over Rs 1,000 crore to its topline in the next three years.

In line with this vision, the company on Thursday announced launching digital initiatives which will help the vehicle owners to keep better control of their fleet.

M Venkaiah Naidu was on Friday sworn-in as India's 13th Vice-President during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.

Naidu was administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) action of freezing trading in the shares of 331 so-called shell companies has hit minority shareholders hard. It was an action taken on the basis of price-sensitive information received from the MCA. However, the action itself was taken in a way that doesn't give shareholders either pertinent information or a chance to make a rational decision to stay invested or exit.

Investigations into the financials of listed companies and into cases of alleged price manipulation are common enough. The normal procedure is to put the charges into the public domain.

State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has posted a 3.92 per cent jump in standalone net profit to Rs 80.82 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

The company had reported a standalone net profit of Rs 77.77 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, BHEL said in a BSE filing on Thursday.

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