Stocks to Watch, April 6: Vedanta, Wipro, HDFC Bank, IDBI Bank, Dabur, Avenue Supermarts, Senco Gold

The makers, such as Marico, Dabur, and AWL Agri Business (formerly Adani Wilmar), have reported growth in both volumes and value, driven by pricing actions, category momentum, and resilient domestic consumption and growth from international markets except the conflict area.

Makers expect margins to improve as inflation eases; however, they remain cautiously optimistic about the coming quarters. They expect the trend of domestic demand recovery to continue, aided by stable macroeconomic conditions and improving consumption trends.

Its total advances were ₹26.43 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2025, HDFC Bank said in a regulatory filing.

The lender reported a 14.4% rise in total deposits to ₹31.05 lakh crore from ₹27.14 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of the preceding financial year.

During the period, CASA deposits recorded a growth of 12.3% to ₹10.6 lakh crore compared to ₹9.4 lakh crore in the year-ago period, it said.

The bank's period-end time deposits were approximately ₹20.45 lakh crore as of March 31, 2026, a growth of around 15.5% over ₹17.7 lakh crore as of March 31, 2025.

This comes amid Hindustan Copper's aggressive expansion plans in mining operations. It operates the country's sole vertically integrated refined copper facility, handling exploration, mining, beneficiation, smelting, refining, and casting operations.

The disruptions in LNG, LPG, and crude oil supplies from the Middle East have increased demand for coal, driving up its import prices.

Coal India had offered 32.532 million tonnes of coal through e-auction in March against 20.5 million tonnes in February this year.

The state-run coal producer plans to offer coal through the Single Window Mode Agnostic (SWMA) auction. SWMA auction is a unified, simplified e-auction system launched in 2022 to consolidate multiple existing auction windows (Spot, Special Spot, Forward) into a single platform, making coal procurement easier, more transparent, and market-driven for all buyers.

It reported a 14.7% increase in total deposits to ₹5.72 lakh crore from ₹4.99 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of FY25, Kotak Mahindra Bank said in a regulatory filing.

Its total advances were ₹2.18 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2025, IDBI Bank said in a regulatory filing.

The lender reported a 12% rise in total deposits to ₹3.46 lakh crore from ₹3.1 lakh crore logged at the end of the fourth quarter of the preceding financial year.

The total business of the bank increased 14% to ₹6 lakh crore compared to ₹5.28 lakh crore at the end of March 31, 2025.

The lender reported a 22.8% increase in total deposits to ₹1.52 lakh crore compared to ₹1.24 lakh crore at the end of the fourth quarter of FY25, AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) said in a regulatory filing.

However, the bank's low-cost CASA (current account savings account) ratio declined to 28.4% of the total deposits from 29.2% at the end of March 2025.

On a sequential basis, the loan book expanded 6.2% from ₹1,45,224 crore as of December 31, 2025, according to a provisional unaudited disclosure filed with the bourses.

Total deposits rose 10% year-on-year to ₹1,66,344 crore at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025-26 against ₹1,51,212 crore in the corresponding period last year and were up 6.1% from ₹1,56,724 crore in the previous quarter.

Retail deposits, including CASA, climbed 17.7% year-on-year to ₹1,22,547 crore, while retail term deposits surged 30.1% to ₹73,796 crore. The retail-to-total deposits ratio improved to 73.67% from 68.88% a year earlier, the bank said in the filing.

The company has launched a new housing project, 'Prestige Golden Grove' at Tellapur, comprising 5,120 units.

The project, spread across 28.6 acres, will have a total saleable area of 10.36 million square feet and an estimated revenue potential of over Rs 9,500 crore, Prestige said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

Ticket sizes range between ₹1 crore and ₹3 crore.

Its sales bookings, or pre-sales, stood at ₹1,835.7 crore in the year-ago period.

According to its regulatory filing on Friday, Sobha Ltd has achieved its highest-ever annual sales bookings of ₹8,135.9 crore during the 2025-26 fiscal year from ₹6,276.5 crore in the preceding year.

The company's total aluminium production during the quarter rose by 2%, and Zinc India's mined metal production increased by 2%.

In the oil and gas segment, Vedanta's average daily gross operated production dropped 15% during the March quarter to 81,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd).

While the production of saleable iron ore dropped 3% during the quarter, the saleable steel output during the quarter declined marginally by 1%, the company said in a regulatory filing.

In a statement, the company said that it remains focused on driving efficiency, scale, and long-term value creation.

Net profit is expected to nearly double in 2025-26, Sen said. The company posted a net profit of ₹165.37 crore and revenue of ₹6,258 crore in 2024-25.

"The company has shown strong growth this fiscal year, crossing ₹8,000 crore in revenue, up about 30% from last year. PAT is expected to nearly double," Sen told PTI.