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Ashok Leyland slips on reporting 30% drop in April sales

03 May 2017 Evaluate

Ashok Leyland is currently trading at Rs. 82.95, down by 0.65 points or 0.78% from its previous closing of Rs. 83.60 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 83.65 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 83.80 and Rs. 82.65 respectively. So far 404081 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 111.65 on 01-Jun-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 73.60 on 22-Nov-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 88.10 and Rs. 82.65 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 23663.46 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 50.38%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.75% and 21.86% respectively.

Ashok Leyland, the commercial vehicle manufacturer, has reported a fall of 30% in April 2017 sales to 7,083 units, as against 10,182 units sold in the same period of last year. The company has experienced a drop of 43% in its medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&HCV) products segment to 4,525 units in April 2017, as compared to 7,873 units in April 2016. Light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment of the company registered sales of 2,558 units in April 2017 as against 2,309 units in April 2015.

Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja Group flagship company in India, is engaged in the manufacturing of commercial vehicles and related components. The company’s products include buses, trucks, engines, defense and special vehicles.

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