Airline stocks fall on weak InterGlobe Aviation results; IndiGo tanks 18%

SpiceJet (down 9% at Rs 120) and Jet Airways (down 6% at Rs 556) were down more than 5% as compared to 0.16% decline in the S&P BSE Sensex at 09:55 am.

Shares of airline companies - InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo), Jet Airways and SpiceJet – have tanked up to 18% after the IndiGo reported weak set of numbers for the quarter ended March 2018 (Q4FY18)

IndiGo plunged 18% to Rs 1,111 on the BSE after the company reported a sharp 73% decline in net profit to Rs 1.17 billion for the March quarter (Q4FY18), due to higher fuel costs and adverse forex exchange positions. The country’s largest airline had profit of Rs 4.4 billion in year ago quarter.

With today’s fall, the market value of IndiGo has declined 26% in