Ambuja Cements surges on reporting 8.76% jump in cement production in May

04 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Ambuja Cements is currently trading at Rs. 150.30, up by 2.05 points or 1.38% from its previous closing of Rs. 148.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 148.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 150.60 and Rs. 147.00 respectively. So far 59151 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 182.00 on 07-Feb-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 119.90 on 09-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 153.60 and Rs. 142.70 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 23042.17 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 50.27% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 38.33% and 8.75% respectively.

Ambuja Cements reported a rise of 8.76% in May 2012 cement production at 1.888 million tonnes from 1.736 million tonnes for May 2011. Meanwhile, the company’s dispatches were at 1.935 million tonnes compared with 1.729 million tonnes, registering an increase of 11.91%.

For January-May 2012 period, cement production and dispatches were 9.895 million tonnes and 9.885 million tonnes respectively, compared with 9.138 million tonnes and 9.107 million tonnes respectively in the corresponding period last year.

The company has posted a fall of 23.38% in its net profit at Rs 312.22 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 as compared to Rs 407.48 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income has increased by 19.73% at Rs 2660.93 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 2222.47 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

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