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Footwear maker's Bata India shares gained 5 percent and hit a 52-week high of Rs 1754.80 on the BSE in intra-day session on Thursday after the company reported narrowing of consolidated net loss to Rs 69.47 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2021. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 100.88 crore for the same period of 2020-21, Bata India said in a BSE filing. The firm’s operating revenue grew 98 percent to Rs 267 crore on a low base of Rs 135 crore that it has reported in the year-ago period. While revenues have almost doubled year-on-year to Rs 267.04 crore, helped by a favorable base, sales are still 70% lower than Q1FY20. "Sales across retail outlets remained largely subdued, owing to the second wave of COVID-19 infections and ensuing lockdowns. However, sales through e-commerce platforms continued to remain robust and witnessed an uptick despite the restrictions," Total expenses were higher at Rs 371.61 crore as compared with Rs 321.85 crore in the year-ago period. Read more

Shares of Bata India surged 6 percent to Rs 1,657.50 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Thursday despite the company reporting a poor set of numbers in the quarter ended March 2021. The Company expects that it would be able to revive its revenue growth trajectory as and when the impact of the Covid-19 phases out. The stock of the footwear company was trading close to its 52-week high level of Rs 1,705 touched on January 11, 2021. According to a regulatory filing by the company to the stock exchanges, Bata India reported a net profit of ₹ 29.47 crores on a consolidated basis in the March quarter of fiscal 2020-21. The country's largest shoemaker's net profit declined 23.3 percent in the March quarter of fiscal 2021. It reported a net profit of ₹ 38.40 crores in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year. The company's revenue from operations was down to ₹ 589.90 crores in the fourth quarter, compared to ₹ 620.57 crores in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. Read more