Bata India rose 0.59% to Rs 424.05 at 14:17 IST on BSE after the company considered and approved introduction of a voluntary retirement scheme for all eligible employees/ workers at its Faridabad unit.
The announcement was made during trading hours today, 21 December 2016.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 67.82 points, or 0.26%, to 26,375.80
On the BSE, 24,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 46,651 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 429.30 and a low of Rs 423 so far during the day.
The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 613.55 on 1 August 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 400 on 25 November 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past 30 days till 20 December 2016, rising 0.69% compared with the 2.11% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, sliding 17.55% as against Sensex's 7.72% decline.
The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 64.26 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.
Bata India said that company's board of directors at its meeting held today, 21 December 2016 considered and approved introduction of a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for all eligible employees/ workers at its Faridabad unit. The status of implementation of VRS and financial impact thereof will be ascertained and communicated in due course. The company believes that implementation of the VRS will be beneficial for it in the long term, Bata India said.
Bata India's net profit fell 36.37% to Rs 34.59 crore on 2.98% fall in total income to Rs 597.82 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.
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Bata India is the largest footwear retailer in India, offering footwear, accessories and bags across brands like Bata, Hush Puppies, Naturalizer, Power, Marie Claire, Weinbrenner, North Star, Scholl, Bata Comfit and Bubblegummers to name a few. It retails in over 1,265 Bata stores, on bata.in and in thousands of multi-brand footwear dealer stores pan-India.
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