Shares of metal companies were in focus with the S&P BSE Metal index hitting six-year high on expectations of strong earnings growth in July-September quarter (Q2FY18).

3. Call unwinding at 600, 610 and 620 strikes could take it to higher levels.

Tata Steel hit an over six-year high of Rs 625, up 4% on BSE in otherwise weak market after the company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 921 crore in the April-June quarter (Q1FY18).

Increased capacity in India with the ramp-up at Kalinganagar along with ongoing restructuring of Europe operations helped Tata Steel witness increased revenues in the June quarter, says Koushik ChatterjeeTata Steel, the country’s largest steel

Tata Steel Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Ltd is in talks with a Russia based firm to put up a facility for downstream steel products at its Gopalpur industrial park in Odisha.

Shares of Tata Group companies were in focus, trading higher by up 20% on BSE in otherwise range-bound market.

Tata Steel hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 534, up 1%, extending its Monday’s 3.4% gain on BSE, after the company said that it proposes to sell 83.6 million equity shares of face value of Rs 2 each of Tata Motors to Tata Sons.

Shares of metal companies were in focus with the Nifty Metal index gaining nearly 4% after a strong rally in Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries and Vedanta.

The government had earlier said it would not go in for distress sale of the three SAIL subsidiaries and rather look for a management that will turn around the unitsShares of Tata Steel was up 5% to Rs 480 on BSE in intra-day trade even as the company

Tata Steel on Tuesday announced that its consolidated net loss in the January-March quarter narrowed 62 per cent on a year-on-year basis – from Rs 3,042 crore in the same quarter the previous year to Rs 1,168 crore.

Tata Steel has agreed to the key commercial terms of a deal to cut benefits and improve the funding position of its British pension scheme, it said on Tuesday.

UK-based Liberty House today said it has formally completed the 100-million-pound deal to acquire the speciality steels division of Tata Steel UK and has now taken control of unit in South Yorkshire.

Acquisition of London-headquartered Corus by Tata Steel was a mistake and slicing off the take-over at the moment was a good job, former MD of the company J J Irani said on Friday.

Debt-laden Tata Steel is still in talks with the UK pension protection fund (PPF) over the pension of its employees at the UK operations.

Tata Steel on Wednesday said it was looking at higher exports this year and seeking opportunities in South East Asian market following strong prices.

Domestic steel producers will continue to focus on exports on the back of increased competitiveness in the global market and fluctuating demand back home, industry representatives said.

Representative ImageThere have lately been talks of steel prices being hiked by Rs 1,000-2,000 a tonne, and these sound encouraging. On a positive note, steel manufacturers have also started reporting strong production numbers.

Tata Steel will have to convince the UK pension regulator to approve its closure of the British Steel Pension Scheme to future accruals.

India may soon mandate the use of local steel in government infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars, sources said, pitching it as a WTO-compliant protectionist measure aimed at further cutting cheap imports, mainly from China.

Tata Steel UK on Tuesday said it will close the British Steel Pension Scheme to future accrual from March 31 and employees will get a new contributory scheme for their retirement savings thereafter.