Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Hindustan Unilever is currently trading at Rs. 879.90, up by 6.35 points or 0.73% from its previous closing of Rs. 873.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 875.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 880.45 and Rs. 861.80 respectively. So far 45188 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 979.00 on 11-Mar-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 701.65 on 22-Aug-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 900.85 and Rs. 861.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 189928.65 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 67.22% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 18.74% and 14.04% respectively.

Hindustan Unilever’s subsidiary Lakme India has tied up with the IT education and training institute Aptech to open 100 beauty training academies across India. Branded as Lakme Academy powered by Aptech, it is aiming to train 50,000 stylists across India in next five years. It will offer both foundation and advanced level training in skin, hair and make-up.

As per the agreement, Lakme will design content and course modules, coach trainers and certify students while Aptech will be responsible for the entire academy operations. This alliance between Lakme and Aptech will significantly improve the quality of talent in the beauty services industry and company’s consumers will get high quality experience and expertise at Lakme salons.

HUL is India’s largest fast moving consumer goods company, with leadership in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages. HUL's brands, spread across 20 distinct consumer categories, touch the lives of two out of three Indians.