TCS and other results rocks....

* Novartis India Q2 net up 22% to Rs. 40.5 cr
Drug firm Novartis India on Thursday said its net profit rose by 21.98 per cent to Rs. 40.5 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2010, over the same period previous fiscal.

* Ambuja Cements net down at Rs. 152 cr
Cement major Ambuja Cements on Thursday said that it has clocked a net sales of Rs. 1,564 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal, down 2.9 per cent from Rs. 1,611 crore in the year-ago period. Net sales declined on account of lower realisations, the company said.

* McDonald's Q3 net income jumps 10%
McDonald's frappes, smoothies and dollar menu drew in more customers in the third quarter, pushing the world's largest burger chain's net income up 10 per cent.

* TCS tops expectations, profit up at Rs. 2,169 cr
Indian IT major beat the Street’s expectations after it announced a 13.8 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise in its second quarter.


# Output outage pulls down ACC net by 79.2%
# GlaxoSmithKline Q3 net down 3.5%
# Sensex regains 20K in 388-point rebound
# Allahabad Bank Q2 net up 20% on NII growth
# TCS rises over 1% on hopes of strong Q2 numbers
# Ashok Leyland gains 2% on good Q2 numbers
# Kotak Bank consolidated Q2 net up 21%

Good Results so far...

* Kotak Bank consolidated Q2 net up 21%
Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) on Wednesday reported a21 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs. 364 crore for the quarter ended September, helped by a healthy rise in advances. The lender's net profit stood at Rs. 299.77 crore in the second quarter of the last fiscal.

* Hindustan Zinc Q2 net up 1.47% on high demand
Vedanta Group firm Hindustan Zinc on Wednesday posted 1.47 rise in profit at Rs. 948.72 crore for the second quarter of the current fiscal, as against the year-ago period, on improved demand and rising prices. Hindustan Zinc had a net profit of Rs. 934.95 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.

* YES Bank Q2 profit soars 58% to Rs. 176cr
* Canara Bank net up 11% to Rs. 1,008 cr
* Nifty slips below 6000, metals lose lustre
* Yahoo profit rises, but revenue is flat
* Flush with cash, will Apple go shopping?
* Bajaj Q2 PAT grows 69% to Rs. 682 cr
* Goldman Sachs tops forecasts, earns $1.74 bn
* Cadila Healthcare Q2 net up 30% to Rs. 170 cr
* Alembic Q2 net up 63% to Rs. 21 cr
* HDFC Bank Q2 net up 33% at Rs. 912 cr
* BankAm posts $7.7 billion loss on special charge
* Coca-Cola Q3 net income up 8.4%
* Bajaj Auto Q2 net profit soars 69%
* Sensex gathers steam as ICICI Bank, RIL rise
* Cadila Healthcare Q2 net up 29.5%
* Sesa Goa rises 2% after good Q2 numbers