The state-owned company's Q4 net profit increased 17 per cent at Rs 6,099.27 crore, compared to Rs 5,218.10 crore in Q4 last year

Snapping 11 quarters of declines, revenue inched up by 0.1 per cent sequentially to Rs 11,775 crore during the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2019, benefitted from introduction of minimum recharge packs and decline in operating expenses

Markets Live: Sensex closes 372 points or 0.99 per cent lower at 37,090 and Nifty ended at 11,148 down 130.70 points or 1.16 per cent.

In the fourth quarter of FY18, SBI had posted its highest-ever quarterly loss at Rs 7,718 crore on the back of higher provisioning for non-performing assets. In the most recent quarter, analysts see muted slippages and the NPA ratio improving further.

CG Power, Reliance Communications, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, INOX Leisure and Jet Airways were the top Sensex gainers. Top Sensex losers were Cox & Kings, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Real Estate, Westlife and Zee Ent.

The total income for the quarter under review also fell to Rs 182.08 crore from Rs 195.34 crore in March 31, 2018

Apple today announced the financial results for its fiscal 2019 second quarter ending March 30, 2019, and posted quarterly revenue of $58 billion, a decline of 5 per cent from the year-ago quarter

There are no ifs and buts about this one. India is well and truly in the grip of a slowdown that is threatening to get worse by the day

The total income of the private sector life insurer also increased to Rs 15,600.97 crore in the fourth quarter of 2018-19, against Rs 10,052.32 crore in the year-ago period

Market Live Updates: Top gainers of Thurday's trading session were Bharti Airtel, Tata Consultancy Services and Bajaj Auto

Microsoft Q3 Earnings: Redmond based company beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue, powered by an unexpected boost in Windows revenue and brisk growth in its cloud business

This is the highest job creation in the IT sector in the last three years since demonetisation; top two firms TCS and Infosys created 53,303 new jobs in 2018-19.

Of the total 7,162 crore which the TCS accounted under the sub-heading as 'other operating expenses' for the period Q4 FY2019, it included a contribution of Rs 220 crore to an electoral trust, without giving any further details.

Edelweiss estimates the top five IT players -- TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra -- will clock around 2-3% quarter-on-quarter growth in Q4

Share Market updates: The Dalal Street witnessed sharp decline with BSE Sensex eventually closing 179 points lower at 38,877. The Nifty index settled 70 points lower at 11,643.

Cyient share price has lost 6.36% since the beginning of this year and fallen 15.53%. 19 of 21 brokerages rate Cyient stock \"buy\" or 'outperform', two \"hold\", according to analysts' recommendations tracked by Reuters.

The interest expenses incurred by manufacturing sector also witnessed a dip from a year ago level, reflecting ongoing deleveraging in the corporate sector.