• GMR Power and Urban Infra falls as its Q4FY25 net profit declines 73% YoY to Rs 43.7 crore due to higher fuel consumption, raw materials, inventory, and employee benefits expenses. However, revenue grows 5.4% YoY to Rs 1,863 crore, driven by improvements in the power and smart meter infrastructure segments. It shows up in a screener of stocks with high interest payments compared to earnings.

• PI Industries' Q4FY25 net profit falls 10.6% YoY to Rs 330.5 crore due to higher inventory build-up. However, revenue increases 2.7% YoY to Rs 1,787.1 crore, driven by higher sales from the agro chemicals and pharma segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks outperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

• Borosil rises as its Q4FY25 grows 119.3% YoY to Rs 11.1 crore, helped by lower finance costs and inventory destocking. Revenue increases 15.7% YoY to Rs 272.5 crore during the quarter. It features in a screener of stocks gaining versus previous close, open price and relative strength index (RSI).

• IRB Infrastructure Developers' net profit rises 13.4% YoY to Rs 214.7 crore in Q4FY25, helped by lower road work & site expenses and finance costs. Revenue increases by 4.3% YoY to Rs 2,149.2 crore during the quarter. It appears in a screener of stocks with high promoter pledges.

• DLF rises sharply as its net profit grows 39.3% YoY to Rs 1,282.2 crore in Q4FY25. Revenue increases 46.5% YoY to Rs 3,127.6 crore, driven by strong development business and record bookings from luxury launches like The Dahlias and Privana West during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with improving ROE over the past two years.

• Antique Stock Broking maintains a 'Buy' rating on Arvind Fashions with a higher target price of Rs 672. The brokerage cites margin expansion driven by a better channel mix and lower discounting. It expects improved performance driven by power brand scale-up, product innovation, premiumisation, retail growth, and higher marketing spends. The brokerage has raised FY26/27 EBITDA estimates by 1%.

  #BrokerageRadar | Antique on Arvind Fashions: Buy, target ?672 vs ?661@arvind_limited #StockMarket pic.twitter.com/7CXe0haxBC

  — ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) May 20, 2025

• Pfizer surges more than 10% as its Q4FY25 net profit jumps 85% YoY to Rs 330.9 crore, helped by lower raw material costs and an exceptional gain of Rs 172.8 crore from the sale of lease in Thane. Revenue grows 2.4% YoY to Rs 636.5 crore during the quarter. It appears in a screener of stocks with dividend yields greater than their sector dividend yield.

• HFCL secures an order worth Rs 173.7 crore to supply 5G telecom equipment to a domestic service provider.

• Gujarat Gas' Q4FY25 net profit beats Forecaster estimates by 20% despite falling 29.9% YoY to Rs 287.9 crore, due to higher raw materials, finance, depreciation & amortisation, and excise duty expenses. Revenue grows marginally by 0.3% YoY to Rs 4,176.4 crore during the quarter. It features in a screener of stocks outperforming their industries in the past quarter.

• Aluminium prices dip as London Metal Exchange (LME) inventories rise to 343,000 tonnes and weak economic data emerges from China. China’s aluminium output hits record levels, nearing its 45 million tonne annual capacity cap, with 2024 production estimated at 43 million tonnes, up 2% YoY.

  #CommodityCorner | #Aluminium prices continue to decline as LME stocks surge to 3,43,000 tonnes and on the back of weak China data. Chinese aluminium production rises sharply overseas @Manisha3005 https://t.co/VT8ERyXAM9

  — CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18News) May 20, 2025

• RVNL secures an order worth Rs 178.6 crore from Ircon International to commission signalling and telecommunications systems at 10 new railway stations.

• Power Grid Corp of India is falling as its net profit declines 0.6% YoY to Rs 4,142.9 crore in Q4FY25. However, revenue increases 2.5% YoY to Rs 12,275.4 crore, driven by higher sales from the transmission and telecom segments during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks underperforming their industry price change in the quarter.

• Karur Vysya Bank is rising as its Q4FY25 net profit grows 12.6% YoY to Rs 513.4 crore, driven by lower employee benefits expenses. Revenue increases 7.5% YoY, owing to improvements in the corporate and retail banking segments. The bank's asset improves as its gross and net NPAs decline 64 bps YoY and 20 bps YoY, respectively.

• Bharat Electronics is rising as its net profit grows 18.4% YoY to Rs 2,127 crore in Q4FY25, helped by lower consumption of stock-in-trade. Revenue increases 6.8% YoY to Rs 9,149.6 crore during the quarter. The company appears in a screener of stocks with increasing revenue every quarter for the past three quarters.

• Nifty 50 was trading at 24,976.15 (30.7, 0.1% , BSE Sensex was trading at 82,205.11 (145.7, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 22,861.65 (-4.2, 0.0%)

• Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1,998 stocks traded today, 968 showed gains, and 968 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Gujarat Gas Ltd. (486.70, 4.2%), Torrent Power Ltd. (1,462, 2.7%) and Tata Steel Ltd. (160.81, 2.1%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (13,570, -2.9%), Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (1,155, -2.8%) and Phoenix Mills Ltd. (1,566.30, -2.5%).

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

3 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Redington Ltd. (302.83, 8.1%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (1,807.80, 0.1%) and Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd. (2,182.75, 0.4%).

17 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including NLC India Ltd. (249, 5.3%) and Supreme Petrochem Ltd. (722.40, 3.1%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (993, -3.5%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (3,251.30, -1.6%).