The daily COVID-19 count in West Bengal on Thursday maintained an upward trend that began since Durga Puja celebrations with the metropolis and its neighbouring districts recording bulk of the cases, according to state Health department data.

As many as nine people died during the day, taking the coronavirus death toll in the state to 19,105, the West Bengal health bulletin said.

Shares of CarTrade Tech dropped 7 per cent and registered a new low at Rs 1,153 on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade after the company reported a net loss for the second straight quarter of current fiscal. CarTrade Tech operates online platforms for buying and selling of vehicles. This is the first quarterly results announcement by the company which recently concluded its initial public offer (IPO).

The stock was quoting at its lowest level since its listing on Friday, August 20, 2021. With today’s fall, the market price of CarTrade Tech has declined 29 per cent from its issue price of Rs 1,618 per share.

Shares of RBL Bank plunged 15 per cent to Rs 172.10 on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade after the private sector lender reported a disappointing set of numbers, with profit after tax (PAT) down as much as 95 per cent year-on-year (YoY) at Rs 31 crore in September quarter (Q2FY22), due to higher provision and weak net interest income (NII). The bank had posted PAT of Rs 144 crore in Q2FY21 and a loss of Rs 459 crore in Q1FY22.

With today’s fall, the stock has corrected 37 per cent from its 52-week high level of Rs 274 touched on January 8, 2021. It had hit a 52-week low of Rs 155.65 on August 24, 2021.

Monday onwards, half the revenue that accrues to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) through the convenience fee on train tickets will go to the Ministry of Railways. Officials in the know told Business Standard IRCTC’s management would meet on Friday to figure out a strategy to safeguard revenues.

According to IRCTC’s Annual Report, it earned Rs 299.13 crore from the convenience fee (also called service charge) during 2020-21.

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday reported a slump in profit that it expects will continue through the holiday quarter, as higher wages and spending to attract workers diminish the company's windfall from online shopping.

Shares fell 4% in after-hours trade.

After a year of blockbuster results, the world's largest online retailer is facing a tougher outlook.

Shares of ITC dipped 5 per cent to Rs 225.80 on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade after the cigarette-to-hotels major reported a 10.09 per cent increase in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 3,765 crore in the September quarter of FY22 (Q2), led by a recovery across segments.

With today's fall, the market price of ITC has declined 15 per cent from its 52-week high level of Rs 265.30, touched on October 10, 2021. The S&P BSE Sensex was down 1.28 per cent at 60,363 points at 01:40 pm.

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported strong third-quarter earnings on the continued robust performance of its key semiconductor business.

Its net profit rose 31.3 per cent from a year earlier to 12.29 trillion won ($10.5 billion) in the July-September period, the world's largest memory chip and smartphone vendor said in a regulatory filing.

Shares of Torrent Power surged 7 per cent to Rs 535 on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade, in an otherwise weak market, after the company reported a robust performance for the quarter ended September 2021 (Q2FY22).

The stock of the electric utilities company was trading close to its record high level of Rs 544.80, touched on October 12, 2021. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.96 per cent at 60,557 points.

Shares of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) were up 4 per cent at Rs 1,861 on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade after the company posted a healthy operational performance for the quarter ended September 2021 (Q2FY22). The company’s order backlog remains strong at Rs 3.3 trillion. The stock of construction & engineering major had hit a record high of Rs 1,884.90 on October 19, 2021.

L&T said it has bagged orders worth Rs 42,140 crore during Q2FY22, registering a robust growth of 50 per cent compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.

Shares of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) rallied 15 per cent to Rs 949.65 on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade after the scrip turned ex-stock split (sub-division of equity shares) in ratio of 1:5.

The stock of IRCTC had hit a record high of Rs 1,279 (adjusted to stock split) on October 19, 2021. In the past three months, it has zoomed 105 per cent, as against a 16 per cent gain the S&P BSE Sensex.

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