EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 BUSINESS 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE market watch 14-11-2019 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 40,286 ddddddddddddddd0.42 Telecom majors feel sting of top court’s verdict on AGR US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 71.96 ddddddddddddddd0.18 Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 38,995 ddddddddddddddd0.03 Brent oil ddddddddddddddddddddd 63.02 ddddddddddddddd1.04 Airtel posts ₹22,830 crore loss in Q2 Vodafone Idea loss at ₹50,922 cr. NIFTY 50 PRICE CHANGE Firm recognised exceptional items of ₹22,394 crore Humongous loss came despite 41.5% increase in revenue Adani Ports. ............. ..... 369.10. ....... -1.70 Asian Paints. ............ ... 1771.85. ........ 1.40 Axis Bank . ................ ..... 715.90. ........ 4.70 Special Correspondent fore the Supreme Court and special correspondent NEW DELHI Bajaj Auto . ............... ... 3233.30. ...... 27.30 also seeking other reliefs, MUMBAI Bajaj Finserv. ........... ... 9061.85. ...... 83.50 Bharti Airtel posted a mas­ with others affected in the Bajaj Finance . .......... ... 4210.55. ...... 66.00 Vodafone Idea, India’s se­ Bharti Airtel . ........... ..... 362.50. ....... -6.10 sive net loss of ₹22,830.1 industry, from the govern­ cond largest telco by num­ BPCL. ........................ ..... 514.65. ........ 4.55 crore for the quarter ended ment,” the company said. ber of subscribers, reported Britannia Ind . .......... ... 3230.80. .....-38.95 September 30 due to the ‘sig­ In a regulatory filing, it Cipla . ........................ ..... 451.40. ........ 3.50 a record net loss of ₹50,922 Coal India . ............... ..... 202.35. ....... -4.90 nificant financial implica­ said the group would need crore, the largest in Indian Dr Reddys Lab . ........ ... 2734.05. .....-29.10 tion’ following the recent Su­ significant additional financ­ corporate history, due to a Eicher Motors. ......... 21558.15. .... 205.95 preme Court ruling in favour ing to discharge its obliga­ GAIL (India). ............ ..... 121.80. ....... -2.05 one­time provision of Grasim Ind . .............. ..... 733.95. ....... -5.60 of the Department of Tele­ tions under the court judg­ ₹30,774.5 crore made post HCL Tech. ................. ... 1147.80. ........ 9.20 com’s interpretation of ad­ ment. “The group has an the Supreme Court’s ruling. HDFC . ....................... ... 2226.80. ...... 19.35 justed gross revenues (AGR). established track record of HDFC Bank. .............. ... 1273.90. ...... 16.35 “Consequent to the re­ Hero MotoCorp . ...... ... 2591.65. ........ 2.55 For the quarter, the com­ accessing diversified sources cent judgment by the Su­ Hindalco . ................. ..... 188.50. ....... -4.65 pany, which had posted net of finance across markets preme Court, we have ac­ Hind Unilever . ......... ... 2069.05. .....-21.95 profit of ₹249.2 crore in Q2 of and currencies. However, ICICI Bank . ............... ..... 498.65. ...... 12.90 counted for the estimated IndusInd Bank . ........ ... 1375.10. .....-39.10 last year, recognised excep­ there can be no assurance of liability of ₹27,610 crore re­ Bharti Infratel . ........ ..... 208.65. ....... -9.55 tional items of ₹22,394.4 the success of management’s Infosys . .................... ..... 705.30. ...... 13.95 lated to license fee and crore (net of tax). It provided plans to access additional Indian OilCorp. ........ ..... 136.85. ........ 3.00 ₹16,540 crore related to ITC . ........................... ..... 253.90. ........ 0.05 for an additional amount of der on October 24, ruled in crore. “On the AGR verdict sources of finance to the ex­ spectrum usage charges up The loss was reported in cognised a charge of ₹25,680 JSW Steel. ................ ..... 245.75. ....... -3.00 ₹28,450 crore for licence fee favour of DoT, while direct­ of the Supreme Court, we tent required, on terms ac­ Kotak Bank . ............. ... 1597.60. ....... -8.20 to September 30, 2019 in­ spite of a 41.5% increase in crore as a part of exceptional as estimated based on the ing telecom operators to pay continue to engage with the ceptable to the Group, and L&T. .......................... ... 1380.45. .....-12.55 cluding the interest, penalty revenue to ₹10,844 crore item after adjusting the avail­ M&M . ....................... ..... 578.45. ........ 3.75 apex court judgment and their statutory dues within government and are evaluat­ to raise these amounts in a and interest thereon of during the quarter. Compa­ able provision and potential Maruti Suzuki . ......... ... 7247.15. ...... 92.55 spectrum usage charges as three months. The firm’s ing various options available timely manner.” Nestle India Ltd. .... 14231.35. ....... -1.90 ₹33,010 crore,” Vodafone ny’s EBITDA during the payments, on satisfaction of estimated based on the defi­ consolidated revenue was to us. We are hopeful that “This represents a mate­ NTPC . ....................... ..... 118.55. ........ 0.25 Idea said in a statement. quarter stood at ₹3,347 contractual conditions, un­ ONGC . ...................... ..... 136.20. ....... -2.00 nition of AGR. ₹21,131 crore, up 5%. Follow­ the government will take a rial uncertainty whereby, it This estimate was based crore. der amechanism with Voda­ PowerGrid Corp . ..... ..... 188.00. ....... -1.25 “These provisions have ing the provisions, it said the considerate view in this mat­ may be unable to realise its Reliance Ind . ........... ... 1462.75. ....... -9.55 on demands received from “Whilst the Company has fone Group,” the statement been made without prejud­ liabilities/provisions as at ter given the fragile state of assets and discharge its lia­ State Bank . .............. ..... 306.00. ....... -0.80 DoT till date, an estimation provided for SUC, consider­ added. Sun Pharma . ............ ..... 410.20. ....... -1.80 ice to the company’s right to September 30, 2019, were the industry,” Gopal Vittal, bilities in the normal course for the period for which de­ ing that no spectrum is used Ravinder Takkar, MD & Tata Motors . ............ ..... 167.05. ....... -3.55 contest DoT’s demands on ₹34,260 crore. This compris­ MD and CEO, India & South of business, and accordingly Tata Steel . ............... ..... 391.95. ....... -5.95 mands had not been raised, for generating non­telecom CEO, said “We are in active TCS . .......................... ... 2196.80. ...... 18.20 facts as well as on rights es principal of ₹8,747 crore, Asia, said. “The manage­ may cast significant doubt together with interest and income, the Company is discussions with the govern­ Tech Mahindra . ....... ..... 758.35. ........ 1.30 available in law,” it said, ad­ interest of ₹15,446 crore, pe­ ment is reviewing its options on the Group’s ability to con­ penalty adjusting for certain evaluating the levy of SUC ment seeking financial relief Titan . ....................... ... 1169.10. ...... 10.05 ding it was hopeful of relief. nalty of ₹3,760 crore and in­ and remedies available, in­ tinue as a going concern,” it UltraTech Cement. .. ... 4003.40. .. -112.20 computation corrections, it on such income. According­ following the recent Hon’ble UPL. .......................... ..... 535.55. ....... -5.75 The Supreme Court, in its or­ terest on penalty of ₹6,307 cluding filing petitions be­ added. added. ly, during the quarter we re­ Supreme Court ruling.” Vedanta . .................. ..... 144.00. ....... -4.40 Wipro . ...................... ..... 252.75. ....... -0.35 YES Bank. ................. ....... 68.75. ........ 0.55 Zee Entertainment . ..... 282.00. ....... -8.55 ICICI Bank, Union Bank, UCO Moody’s cuts IndiGo to go non­stop to London with EXCHANGE RATES India’s growth Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit widebody planes, offer business class except yen at 4 p.m. on November 14 Bank classify DHFL as NPA forecast to 5.6% CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL US Dollar. .................... 71.77. ......72.09 We will go everywhere in the world, except U.S., says CEO Euro . ............................ 78.93. ......79.28 Repayments have been due for more than 90 days Press Trust of India British Pound. ............. 92.20. ......92.62 New Delhi JAGRITI CHANDRA and Gatwick. IndiGo could Japanese Yen (100) . .. 66.08. ......66.37 MANOJIT SAHA NEW DELHI Chinese Yuan . ............. 10.22. ......10.27 State Bank of India is also Moody’s Investors Service be leasing five to six widebo­ Mumbai Swiss Franc . ................ 72.59. ......72.92 likely to mark the loan as on Thursday slashed In­ The country’s biggest low­ dy planes, which would be Singapore Dollar . ....... 52.66. ......52.90 Even as a debt resolution NPA as it has started to build Canadian Dollar. ......... 54.11. ......54.36 dia’s economic growth fo­ cost carrier, IndiGo, has de­ used to provide daily con­ Malaysian Ringitt . ...... 17.26. ......17.35 plan for troubled mortgage provisions for the troubled