Monday, June 23, 2025

23/05/25, BIZnews

The media stocks were outshining the equity benchmark indices on Monday, June 23, led by a rally in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL).

Shares of information technology (IT) companies came under selling pressure on Monday, June 23, after global consulting and outsourcing giant Accenture narrowed its full-year revenue guidance and reported a decline in new deal bookings.

The NIFTY IT index dropped as much as 1.83% or 713 points to hit an intraday low of 38,278.70, with all ten constituents trading in the red.

Infosys led the losses in the sector, slipping 2.3% during intraday trade. Other major laggards included HCL Technologies (-1.98%), Oracle Financial Services Software (OFSS, -1.6%), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS, -1.5%), Wipro (-1.4%), and Mphasis (-1.38%).

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The Nifty Media was trading at 1,725.60 levels, jumping 3.03%. Zee Entertainment was the top contributor on the index, followed by Saregama India (8.77%), Network18 Media (2.09%), D.B. Corp (0.72%), Tips Music (0.42%) and PVR Inox (0.03%).

Shares of Zee Entertainment zoomed 10% on Monday after the company shared its plans for financial year 2025-26 with its investors.

The media firm is planning for a breakeven in its digital business Z5 or Zee5 in the current financial year.

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Zee Entertainment intends to have a TV viewership share of 17.5% in the present year, as against the 16.8% share it had in the previous financial year.

The company is creating a significant cash reserve, according to the investor presentation. 'Zee to create a significant cash reserve in order to compete effectively with the competitor and to act proactively to address any rapid market shift," it said.

Zee also plans to enhance its digital offerings in a profitable manner both domestically and internationally without going beyond the content ecosystem.

The firm is developing new business verticals to expand its target audience and augment revenue streams. It is also developing a new distribution business model to capture and retain a larger pool of eyeballs. Zee is investing in media tech to enhance the viewership experience.

Last week, Zee had said that it plans to raise ₹2,237.44 crore from promoter group entities, which will lead to an increase in promoter shareholding to 18.4%. Read more

On June 17, the company's board approved the "issue of up to 16.95 crore fully convertible warrants for consideration to be received in cash" to Altilis Technologies and Sunbright Mauritius Investments, promoter group entities, on a preferential basis.

On the Nifty Media index, however, shares of Sun TV (-0.52%), Hathway Cable (-0.47%) and Nazara Technologies (-0.02%) were trading lower on Monday.

source: Upstox

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