The stock has ended flat at Rs 183. The counter clocked a heavy volume of 1.17 million shares on the BSE today.
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(Updated at 1511 hrs)
ITC opened up Rs 3 at Rs 185. It slipped to a low of Rs 180. The stock remained flat through larger part of the trading day. It is now at Rs 183. The trading volume has more than doubled to 971,086 shares on the BSE.
The company has informed the BSE that the net profit has increased 10% to Rs 735.64 crore in the quarter ended March 31,2009 from Rs 808.99 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The net sales has decreased 3% to Rs 3,979.66 crore from Rs 4,098.07 crore.