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Bajaj Finance Ltd reported strong earnings for the quarter with strong advances growth and steady asset quality growth.

Revenue for full years 2017-18 rose 17.3 per cent yoy to Rs. 2108 crore. EBITDA for the period rose 11.2 per cent yoy to Rs. 303 crore with corresponding margin contraction of 80 bps.

Escorts standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 1,436.1 crore, registering 37.6 per cent yoy increase. This was due to robust growth across all segment.

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday announced that its subsidiary L&T Construction has bagged orders worth Rs. 2,440 crore in the domestic market.

Steelmaker JSW Steel posted stellar numbers for the quarter and the year ended March 2018. The company's operating profit to interest was at its best at 5.99 times.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.01 p.m. on May 17, 2018.

The markets on May 17, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 35,303.44, down by 84.44 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,712.45, down by 28.65 points. 

Transport Corporation of India (TCI) standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 605.25 crore, registering 25.7 per cent yoy increase.