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6 min read | Updated on August 13, 2025, 13:08 IST
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Apollo Hospitals shares zoomed 6.6% to hit its all time high of ₹7,719 apiece on Wednesday, August 13, after the healthcare services provider reported double-digit growth for the June quarter.
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Hindalco shares rose 5.5% to touch its intraday high of ₹703.80 apiece as the firm reported a strong June quarter. Image: Shutterstock
The Indian equity benchmarks extended gains in noon deals on Wednesday, August 13, led by gains in index heavyweights like HDFC Bank, Eternal, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro and Mahindra & Mahindra. The SENSEX rose as much as 340 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday high of 24,620. As of 12:35 pm, the SENSEX was up 332 points at 80,568 and NIFTY50 index advanced 117 points to 24,604.
The Hyderabad-based company's revenue from operations in the April-June period rose 15% annually to ₹5,842 crore from ₹5,086 crore in the year-ago period.
Apollo Hospitals posted stable operational performance as its operating profit, also known as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation), rose 26% to ₹852 crore from ₹675 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company's EBITDA margin expanded by 130 basis points to 14.58% from 13.27%.
Operationally, the Aditya Birla Group-backed company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 14.2% to ₹3,138 crore from ₹2,749 crore.
Its operating profit margin, or EBITDA margin, remained steady at 12.9% in Q1 FY26, compared to 12.4% in Q1 FY25.
NMDC Steel on Tuesday post-market hours reported a net profit of ₹25.56 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY26) against a loss of ₹547 crore in the same period last year.
NMDC Steel's revenue from operations jumped 66% in the April-June period to ₹3,365 crore from ₹2,023 crore in the year-ago period.
The company reported strong operational performance, as its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation), also known as operating profit, came in at ₹408 crore against an EBITDA loss of ₹401 crore.
The depository’s consolidated net profit surged 15% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹90 crore in the June quarter of FY26, compared to ₹78 crore in the corresponding period a year earlier.
Waaree Energies slipped as much as 4.69% to ₹2,940 apiece on the NSE. Premier Energies, last seen, was trading nearly 2% lower at ₹997.30.
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Its revenue from operations stood at ₹12,294 crore during the quarter under review, marking a 92.79% year-on-year (YoY) increase from ₹6,377 crore in the first quarter of FY25.
Jindal Steel said that its PAT increased due to higher EBITDA quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) on account of increase in steel prices and lower operating cost.
In an exchange filing on August 12, the company also informed that the central bank has withdrawn restrictions on Paytm Payments Services Ltd from onboarding new merchants.
Revenue from operations grew 23.4% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹2,155 crore from ₹1,746 crore in Q1 FY25, reflecting steady growth momentum over several quarters.
At the operational level, Nykaa’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) came in at ₹140 crore, up 46% from ₹96 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The EBITDA margin improved to 6.5% from 5.5% YoY.
Honasa Consumer's revenue from operations advanced 7% to ₹595 crore in the April-June period from ₹520 crore in the year-ago period.
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