Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

HUL is currently trading at Rs. 502.40 up by 6.55 points or 1.32% from its previous closing of Rs. 495.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 498.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 505.40 and Rs. 494.40 respectively. So far 1, 83,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 579.60 on 16-Oct-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 375.10 on 31-Jan-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 507.75 and Rs. 482.50 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 24, 74,000 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 52.49% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.19% and 17.32% respectively.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has launched its new range of water purifiers with UV- technology across India named as ‘Marvella - UV’. This new water purifier is accompanied with Advance Alert System, which is the unique feature that differentiates this product from the other UV- technology enabled purifier in the market.

With this launch, the company which is a leader in FMCG industry with its strong presence in Water Purifier Market (Pureit Brand) has got complete home solution range of water purification to all consumers in the society.

The company has reported a rise of 17.13% in its net profit at Rs 806.92 crore for second quarter ended September 30, 2012 as compared to Rs 688.92 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the company has increased by 13.50% to Rs 6459.56 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 5691.23 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.