Jaiprakash Associates fell 3.40% to Rs 46.90 at 15:20 IST on BSE, extending recent losses on continued selling pressure.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 86.02 points, or 0.32%, to 26,646.17.
On BSE, so far 55.08 lakh shares were traded in the counter, compared with an average volume of 30.48 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 49.35 and a low of Rs 45 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 89.85 on 11 June 2014. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 30.10 on 28 August 2013.
The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 27 August 2014, falling 18.20% compared with 1.66% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, sliding 33.40% as against Sensex's 8.19% rise.
The large-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 486.49 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.
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Shares of Jaiprakash Associates have fallen 15.57% in seven trading sessions from a recent high of Rs 55.55 on 19 August 2014.
The board of Jaiprakash Associates at a meeting held on 25 August 2014, approved selling the company's 1.5 MTPA cement grinding unit at Panipat, Haryana for a tentative consideration of around Rs 360 crore, subject to adjustments for net working capital and financial indebtedness taken over, as of the closing date of the transaction.
Jaiprakash Associates posted a net loss of Rs 80.61 crore in Q1 June 2014 compared with net profit Rs 334.51 crore in Q1 June 2013. Net sales fell 8.8% to Rs 2993.66 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013.
Jaiprakash Associates is a diversified infrastructure conglomerate with business interests in engineering & construction, cement, power, real estate, expressways, fertilizer, hospitality, healthcare, sports, information technology and education (not-for-profit).
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