On the last trading day of October, the Indian equities market's breadth closed in favour of advances with an advance-decline ratio at 2:1. The BSE Sensex closed at 34,442.05, up by 550.92 points or 1.63 per cent, while the broader benchmark index Nifty50 closed at 10,386 level, up by 1.85 per cent. 

The sales mix for Q2FY19 comprises of North America (32 per cent), India (31 per cent), APAC (16 per cent), EMEA (7 per cent), LATAM (4 per cent) and ROW (1 per cent) and API (9 per cent).

The company has witnessed a strong growth of 46 per cent, with order wins worth Rs. 41,921 crore at the group level during the quarter led by pick-up in domestic ordering activity. The consolidated order book stood at Rs. 281,166 crore as at September 30, 2018.

The company on Wednesday reported its Q2FY19 earnings.

In the second quarter of FY19, Escort reported 15.4 per cent growth in its revenue to Rs. 1,398.4 crore from the same quarter of last fiscal. This was led by healthy volume growth of 37 per cent yoy in the construction segment.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 105.1 crore as against Rs. 92.69 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, yoy increase of 13 per cent.

The stocks most likely to witness movement on the bourses on November 1 are PNB Housing Finance Ltd., Lupin Ltd., Strides Pharma Science Ltd., Cochin Shipyard and GE Power India Ltd. 

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited reported its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 during market hours on Wednesday.

Sanwaria Consumer Limited reported its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 during market hours on Wednesday.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 121.51 crore as against Rs. 86.64 crore in the corresponding quarter last year, yoy increase of 40 per cent.