Shares of battery maker, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd rose more than 5% in early deals on Monday, after the company announced better-than-expected March quarter results on Saturday.
True, the company’s revenues increased by about 1% last quarter over the same period last year to ₹1581 crore, which seems unexciting.
However, this is better than ₹1481 crore that a Bloomberg poll of analysts had estimated. Plus, these are difficult times for companies, as covid-19 crisis weighs on demand and in turn sales.
Even so, better replacement demand was expected to come to the rescue of battery companies. Analysts from Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Pvt.