On Friday, the SENSEX and NIFTY settled lower amid continuous foreign fund outflows and weak trends in blue-chip stocks such as Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank. The BSE benchmark SENSEX fell by 55 points to 79,486.3. The NSE Nifty declined 0.21% to 24,148.2.

Mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹4,352 crore in the September 2024 quarter.

However, the company had posted consolidated net loss of ₹1,783 crore in the year-ago period.

The India Cements Ltd (ICL) on Friday reported widening of consolidated net loss to ₹339.13 crore for the second quarter ended September 2024.

It had incurred a loss of ₹80.07 crore in the July-September period a year ago, according to a BSE filing from ICL, in which rival Aditya Birla group firm UltraTech Cement has announced to acquire a majority stake.

Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland announced on Friday a consolidated profit of ₹766.55 crore for the July-September 2024 quarter.

The city-based heavy commercial vehicle maker had registered a consolidated profit of ₹550.65 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

Real estate developer Brigade Group has signed a joint development agreement for a residential project to come up in the western parts of the city, the company said on Friday.

The Bengaluru-headquartered company would build residential apartments on land measuring 1 million sq ft that offers a Gross Development Value of about ₹800 crore.