Asian Paints Ltd.

Asian Paints is currently trading at Rs. 1221.45, up by 0.95 points or 0.08% from its previous closing of Rs. 1220.50 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1220.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1231.75 and Rs. 1210.00 respectively. So far 17357 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1261.25 on 14-Sep-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 850.10 on 22-Dec-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1233.00 and Rs. 1161.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 117022.13 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 52.79%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 26.19% and 21.02% respectively.

Asian Paints has reported 8.77% rise in its net profit at Rs 473.45 crore for second quarter ended September 30, 2017 as compared to Rs 435.27 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the company increased marginally by 0.77% at Rs 3666.04 crore for Q2FY18 as compared Rs 3638.00 crore for the corresponding quarter previous year.

On the consolidated basis, the company has reported 19.99% rise in its net profit at Rs 593.66 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 as compared to Rs 494.76 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. The total income of the company increased marginally by 1.64% at Rs 4327.58 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 4257.86 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.