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New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL (India) and Apollo Tyres has signed up a contract for making power from steam.

According to the company release, GAIL will supply steam from its Vaghodia Compressor Station (near Vadodara) to Apollo Tyres that would produce power for it.

Mumbai: HDFC Bank Ltd said its net profit for the 2007 first quarter arose 34.3 per cent, hiked up by higher credit expansion that held up ascending interest rates.

Net profit for the April-June period ascended to Rs 321 crore from Rs 239 crore a year earlier.

Total income rose 47.2 per cent to Rs 2,642 crore from Rs 1,795 crore.

HDFC Bank was incorporated in August 1994 and started processes as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995. As on March 31, 2007, it had a nationwide network of 684 branches and 1605 ATM's in 316 Indian towns and cities.

The South Indian Bank has posted its 1st Q results of FY08.

The Indian Rupee showed some resilience resuming higher against the US currency in early trade today.

The local currency resumed higher at 40.39/40 a dollar from overnight close of 40.42/43 per dollar but later fell back to 40.41/42 a dollar in late morning deals in quiet trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market.

HDFC Bank declined 1.15% to Rs 1154.70 in afternoon trading in spite of reporting 34.24% increase in net profit in Q1 June 2007.
The quarterly outcomes were declared during the market hours today 10 July 2007.

The scrip hit an intraday high of Rs 1185.95 and an intraday low of Rs 1145.60 during the day. On 28 May 2007, it has had its 52 week high of Rs 1274 and a 52 week low of Rs 693.10 on 19 July 2006.

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