At the stock markets, the S&P BSE Sensex rose 145.43 points or 0.24% to settle at 60,967.05. The Nifty 50 index closed with a gain of 10.50 points or 0.06% at 18,125.40. But certain stocks came in the news after the market was closed. These stocks can impact the indices when it reopens on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. List of such five stocks:

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Tech Mahindra + Indus Tower + HDFC AMC

Tech Mahindra: The information technology company has reported a 1% QoQ decline in the consolidated profit at Rs 1,339 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 1,353 crore in the previous quarter ended June 30, 2021. Its revenue from operation in the reported quarter rose 6.7% to Rs 10,881 crore as against Rs 10,198 crore posted in the previous quarter. In dollar terms, revenue came in at $1,47.3 crore, up 6.4 per cent QoQ, as against $138.4 crore posted in the previous quarter. EBIT rose 6.8% QoQ to Rs 1,651 crore as against Rs 1,546 crore posted in the previous quarter. The margin remained flat at 15.2%. This growth is Tech Mahindra's highest sequential growth in a decade. The company board announced a special dividend of Rs 15 per share. Meanwhile, the IT major has announced the acquisition of 100% stakes in the California-headquartered Infostar LLC (Lodestone) for a total consideration of up to $10.5 crore including earnouts. Lodestone is a digital engineering quality assurance provider for new-age digital companies. In addition, it had also announced that it will buy stakes in We Make Websites for 9.4 million pounds.

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Indus Towers: Telecom infrastructure provider company has reported a 10.2% YoY rise in the consolidated profit at Rs 1,559 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 1,415 crore posted in the year-ago quarter. Its revenue from operations grew 1.2% to Rs 6,877 crore as against Rs 6,797 crore posted last year. EBITDA grew 3.2% YoY to Rs 3,641 crore as against Rs 3,528 crore posted last year. Margin stood at 52.9% in Q2FY22 as against 51.9% posted in Q2FY21. 

HDFC AMC: The investment advice company HDFC Asset Management Company has reported a 2% YoY rise in the profit at Rs 344 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 338 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its average assets under management (AAUM) rose 17% to Rs 4,389 billion from Rs 3,755 billion. Its revenue from operations grew 19% YoY to Rs 542 crore as against Rs 456 crore posted last year. Margins stood at 76% in Q2FY22 as against 75.2% posted in Q2FY21. Besides, the Board of the Company has selected Mr. Naozad Sirwalla as the successor to the CFO of the Company in place of Mr. Piyush Surana who has tendered his resignation dated October 19, 2021, and will be relieved from the duties w.e.f. close of business hours on January 31, 2022.

Home First Finance + Kansai Nerolac + Vardhman Special Steel + CEAT

Home First Finance: The housing finance company has reported a 214% YoY rise in the consolidated profit at Rs 44.9 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 14.3 crore in the year-ago quarter. Net Interest Income (NII) grew 39.9% YoY to Rs 64.2 crore in the reported quarter as against Rs 45.9 crore posted last year. Gross Stage 3 stands at 1.7% against 0.9% YoY and 1.9% QoQ. Net Stage 3 stands at 1.2% against 0.6% YoY and 1.4% QoQ. 

Kansai Nerolac: The industrial paint and decorative paint company have reported a 48% YoY decline in the consolidated profit at Rs 87.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 168 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its revenue from operations fell 17.1% to Rs 1,619.6 crore as against Rs 1,383.2 crore posted last year. EBITDA declined 39.4% to Rs 162.8 crore as against Rs 285 crore posted last year. Margin contracted to 10% in Q2FY22 from 19.4% posted in Q2FY21. 

Vardhman Special Steel: The Special and Alloy Steels manufacturer has reported a 173% YoY rise in the consolidated profit at Rs 24.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 8.9 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its revenue from operations grew 35.9% YoY to Rs 335.7 crore as against Rs 247.1 crore posted last year. EBITDA grew 117.5% YoY to Rs 45.9 crore from Rs 21.1 crore posted last year. Margin stood at 13.7% in Q2FY22 as against 8.5% posted in Q2FY21.  

Orient Cement: The cement manufacturer has reported a 63.5% YoY rise in the consolidated profit at Rs 56.9 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 34.8 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its revenue from operations grew 28.4% YoY to Rs 613.1 crore as against Rs 477.5 crore posted last year. EBITDA grew 18.3% to Rs 133.9 crore in the period under consideration as against Rs 113.2 crore posted last year. Its margin contracted to 21.8% in Q2FY22 as against 23.7% posted in Q2FY21.

CEAT: The tyre company has reported a 76.8% YoY decline in the consolidated profit at Rs 42.3 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. It had posted a profit of Rs 182.2 crore in the year-ago quarter. Its revenue from operations grew23.9% to Rs 2,451.8 crore as against Rs 1,978.5 crore posted last year. EBIDTA declined 24.6% to Rs 220.4 crore in the period under consideration as against Rs 292.4 crore posted last year. Its margin contracted to 9% in Q2FY22 as against 14.8% posted in Q23FY21. 

Tata Consumer: (Concall Highlight) The fast-moving consumer goods company in its Concall said that it has plans to open new stores of Starbucks in new cities of India. It added, inflationary trend on raw material prices in India is putting pressure.

Glenmark Pharma/Lupin Pharma + Airline Stocks

Glenmark Pharma/ Lupin Pharma: These stocks will be in focus today as drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Monday said it has fixed the ceiling prices for 12 anti-diabetic generic medicines, including glimepiride tablets, glucose injection and intermediate-acting insulin solution.
Airlines in Focus: Amid an increase in air passenger during the festival season, domestic airfares (reportedly) has skyrocketed ahead of Diwali. Prices have zoomed 100%. According to online travel aggregators tariffs for the upcoming Diwali week are 100% higher compared to the pre-pandemic festival period in 2019. 

Insider Trade + IPO Nods

DCM Ltd: Promoter Ved Prakash bought 70,399 shares of the company from the open market on October 21, 2021. With this stake purchase, the promoters stake has increased to 5.38% from 5%. 

ESAF Small Finance Bank Gets SEBI Nod for Rs 998 crore IPO.

Anand Rathi Wealth gets SEBI Nod for Rs 1,000 crore IPO.