KEI Industries shares tumble 8% despite Q2 profit rising 29%, revenue up 39%

KEI Industries, an Indian cable and wire manufacturer, saw its shares fall about 8% despite reporting a 29% rise in Q2 profit and a 39% jump in revenue, according to the Economic Times. The divergence suggests the selloff reflects expectations or quality-of-earnings concerns rather than the headline growth figures, such as margin compression, working-capital build-up, or results falling short of consensus estimates. For the broader market, a sharp reaction to a strong print points to elevated valuation sensitivity in capital-goods and infrastructure-linked names, where investors have priced in sustained order momentum and are quick to punish any deceleration. Exposure is concentrated in mid-cap Indian industrials and cable-sector peers, which tend to trade in sympathy with KEI's results and with domestic infrastructure spending expectations. Traders should watch the next quarterly reporting cycle for peers and the government's capital expenditure and infrastructure disbursement data for confirmation of whether the demand backdrop is holding up.

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