*Good Morning*
• Unilever India Meets Profit Estimate Amid Cost Pressures
• Asian Paints Sees Pent-Up Demand Beginning March Following Curbs
• India Farm Commodity Exports May Climb to Record $50B in 2021-22
• India’s Rapeseed Output Seen Surging to Record on Higher Sowing
• Future Is Said to Be Unable to Meet $471 Million Debt Deadline
• Reliance Profits Driven by Higher Margins, Retail: Preview
• Hindustan Zinc to Report Results; Shares Up 2.5% YTD: Preview
• JSW Steel to Report Results; Shares Up 4.1% YTD: Preview
• Vodafone Idea to Report Results; Shares Down 21.5% YTD: Preview
• Worldwide Aluminum Production Rises 0.3% M/m in December: IAI
• Sequoia Expands Mideast Foray With Debut Saudi Arabia Deal
• Global Funds Sell Net INR46.8B of India Stocks Thursday: NSE
o Domestic Funds Buy Net 7.69B Rupees of Stocks
• Foreign Investors Sell Net INR26.4B of India Equities on Jan. 19
• Foreigners Buy Net INR23.8B of India Equity Derivatives Thursday
• Emcure Pharma’s 50B-Rupee IPO to Come Early Next Month, PTI Says
• Mumbai schools to reopen from Jan. 24, Chahal Says: PTI
• AGS Transact Tech’s 6.8 billion-rupee IPO gets 141% demand on 2nd day of sale; offer closes Jan. 21
• Adani Wilmar’s $484M India IPO to Open for Subscription Jan. 27
• Accel Ltd. (ACCEL): To buy 26% stake in Bizcarta Technologies India for up to 50m rupees
• Aditya Birla Capital (ABCAP): Says Aditya Birla AMC gets IFSCA approval for PMS from Gift City
• Container Corp (CCRI): 3Q net income +21% y/y to 2.87b rupees, est. 2.99b
• Cyient (CYL): 3Q net income +38% y/y to 1.32b rupees, beats est. 1.22b; revenue +13% y/y to 11.8b
• Data Patterns India (DATAPATT): Wins 270m rupees order from DRDO
• Havells India (HAVL): 3Q net income -13% y/y to 3.06b rupees, misses est. 3.43b; revenue +15% y/y to 36.5b
• Hindustan Unilever (HUVR): 3Q net income +17% y/y to 22.4b rupees, meets est. 22.4b; revenue +10% y/y to 129b
• Natco Pharma (NTCPH): Pact with Medicines Patent Pool, Switzerland to make and sell Molnupiravir capsules
• Persistent Systems (PSYS): 3Q net income 1.76b rupees, beats est. 1.71b
• PNB Housing (PNBHOUSI): 3Q net income -17% y/y to 1.84b rupees, misses est. 2.17b; revenue -21% y/y to 14.8b
• PTC India (PTCIN): Says panel looking into governance issues at unit PTC India Financial (PTCIF)
• South Indian Bank (SIB): 3Q net loss 503.1m rupees vs. loss 916.2m y/y; Gross NPA 6.56% vs. 6.65% q/q
• Shoppers Stop (SHOP): 3Q net income 773.2m rupees vs. loss 251.1m y/y; revenue +34% y/y to 9.58b
• Surya Roshni (SYR): Wins 1.23b rupees order