Stocks To Watch: Asian Paints, HUL, Biocon, Bajaj Auto, L&T Infotech, Havells, Mphasis, PNB Housing

Asian stocks declined Thursday following a retreat in U.S. equities. Shares were volatile in Japan and fell in South Korean and Australia.

U.S. contracts wavered after the S&P 500 swung between gains and losses before closing down 1%.

An ongoing shift away from technology shares left the Nasdaq Composite in correction territory, more than 10% off a November high.

The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of India's Nifty 50 Index's performance, fell 0.44% to 17,898 as of 7:20 a.m on Thursday.

Here are stocks to watch in today's trade:

• TVS Motor: The company globally announced globally announced the launch of its motorcycle TVS Star HLX 150 Disc Variant in Egypt.

• HCL Technologies: Appointed Prabhakar Appana as Senior Vice President and the Global Head of its AWS Ecosystem Business unit.

• TCI Express: The company will consider declaration of second interim dividend on Jan. 28.

• Kirloskar Ferrous: The company will consider declaration of interim dividend on Jan. 24.

• CCI Products: Declared interim dividend of Rs 3 per share of nominal of Rs 2.

• Power Finance: The company has transferred its wholly owned subsidiaries Karur Transmission and Khavda-Bhuj Transmission to Adani Transmission.

• IFCI: To consider preferential share issue to government on Jan. 25.

Earnings Post Market Hours

ICICI Lombard General Insurance- Q3 FY22 -Consolidated (QoQ)

• Revenue up 1% at Rs 3,854 crore versus 3,808 crore

• Net profit down 29% to Rs 318 crore vs Rs 447 crore (BBG estimate : Rs 403 crore Profit)

• Ebitda at Rs 273 crore vs Rs 457 crore, down 40%

• Margins at 7.1% vs 12%

• EPS at Rs 6.47 vs Rs 9.11 (BBG estimate : 3.69)

Bajaj Auto Q3, QoQ

• Revenues up 3% at Rs 9,021 crore vs Rs 8762 crore (BB estimate - Rs 9,027cr)

• Net profit falls 5% at Rs 1,214 crore vs Rs 1275 crore (BB estimate : Rs 1621cr)

• Ebitda down 2% at Rs1372 crore vs Rs 1401 crore (BB estimate :1365cr)

• Ebitda Margins at 15.1% vs 16%

L&T Infotech – Q3 FY22 – Consolidated (QoQ)

• Revenue up 10% at Rs 4,137.6 crore vs 3,767 crore

• $ Revenue up 8.7% at $427.8 million

• Net profit up 11% to Rs 612 crore vs Rs 551.5 crore

• Ebitda at Rs 742.6 vs 648.2 crore, up 15%

• Margins at 17.9% vs 17.2%

• EPS at Rs 34.95 vs Rs 31.5

The company has approved a scheme of amalgamation for merger of its three wholly-owned subsidiary companies namely, PowerUpCloud Technologies, Lym bye Solutions and Cuelogic Technologies with itself.

Tata Communications – Q3 FY22 – Consolidated (QoQ)

• Revenue up 2% at Rs 1,657.7 crore vs 1,628.17 crore

• Net profit down 10% to Rs 225.51 crore vs Rs 251.57 crore

• Ebitda at Rs 275.77 crore vs 302.78 crore, down 9%

• Margins at 16.6% vs 18.6%

• EPS at Rs 7.91 vs Rs 8.83

Rallis India Q3 FY22 (Consolidated, YoY)

• Revenue up 10% at Rs 628.08 crore vs Rs 570.47 crore

• Net profit down 13% at Rs 39.56 crore vs Rs 45.64 crore

• Ebitda up 12% at Rs 67.40 crore vs Rs 60.12 crore

• Margin at 10.7% vs 10.5%

CEAT Q3 FY22 (Consolidated, YoY)

• Revenue up 9% at Rs 2,413.27 crore vs Rs 2,221.25 crore

• Net loss at Rs 20.01 crore vs Net profit of Rs 132.14 crore

• Ebitda down 59% at Rs 134.12 crore vs Rs 327.66 crore

• Margin at 5.6% vs 14.8%

Syngene International Q3 FY22 (Consolidated, YoY)

• Revenue up 10% at Rs 641.40 crore vs Rs 584.50 crore

• Net profit up 2% at Rs 104 crore vs Rs 102.20 crore

• Ebitda up 10% at Rs 183.5 crore vs Rs 167.3 crore

• Margins at 28.6%

Oracle Financial Services Software Q1 FY22 (Consolidated, QoQ)

• Revenue down 1% at Rs 1,266.33 crore vs Rs 1,280.97 crore

• Net profit down 3% at Rs 435.34 crore vs Rs 447.55 crore

• EBIT down 7% at Rs 561.03 crore vs Rs 604.85 crore

• Margins at 44.3% vs 47.2%