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.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.09 p.m. on October 31, 2018.

The markets on October 31, 2018 opened flat. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,245.53, up by 354.40 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,312.90, up by 114.50 points.