HDB Financial Services Q2 results: Net profit slips nearly 2% YoY to ₹581 crore, dividend declared

HDB Financial Services Q2 results: Non-banking financial company (NBFC) HDB Financial Services on Wednesday, October 15, reported a 2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in its net profit for the July-September quarter of the current financial year (Q2FY26). The company’s

Auto: Post-GST relief, Maruti sees small car sales shooting up

‘We are seeing a lot of people with helmets visiting our showrooms’ This illustration was generated using ChatGPT and is intended solely for representational purposes. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.   The share of

Wholesale price inflation eases to 0.13% in Sep on lower food prices

Wholesale price inflation (WPI) softened to 0.13 per cent in September on easing in prices of food articles and manufactured items, government data showed on Tuesday. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters WPI-based inflation was 0.52 per cent in August and 1.91 per

HCLTech profit flat at Rs 4,235 cr, revenue rises 10.7% in Q2FY26

HCLTech reported flat net income of Rs 4,235 crore in the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26) compared to last year, even as its revenue was up 10.7 per cent to Rs 31,492 crore helped by financial services and technology business

Sensex down 297 points on foreign fund outflows

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday amid weak trends in Asian and European markets and fresh foreign fund outflows. Photograph: Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters Reversing its early gains, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 297.07 points or 0.36 per

Dow futures down 300 points; Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan report earnings

By CNBCTV18.COM |  Oct 14, 2025 5:00 PM IST (Updated) US Stock Market Live Updates: Futures on Wall Street are trading with losses ahead of an all important trading session on Tuesday. The Dow futures are down 190 points, while those

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Q2 Results: Profit jumps 19% YoY on higher premiums

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance reported a quarterly profit rise on Tuesday, as it benefited from an increased push into non-market-linked products and lower expenses. Shares of the company rose as much as 3% after the results and were last up

Google plans $15 bn AI hub in Visakhapatnam

Google will invest $15 billion over the next five years in setting up an AI hub in India, which will include the country’s largest data centre in partnership with Adani Group. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters The AI hub at Visakhapatnam in

Legal Tussles Rock India’s IT Sector

2025 has seen a sharp rise in lawsuits targeting IT services and consulting companies, which now increasingly offer proprietary digital platforms and cloud services. Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bethany Drouin/Pixabay

EPFO extends deadline for filing EPF return till Oct 22

Retirement fund body EPFO has extended the deadline for filing EPF return or ECR (electronic challan-cum-return) by one week for the wage month of September till October 22, 2025. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The employers are mandated to file the ECR