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Apollo Hospitals drops on profit booking

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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise lost 3.07% to Rs 1,198.30 at 14:08 IST on BSE, with the stock declining on profit booking after recent upmove.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 231.05 points or 0.82% at 28,298.61

On BSE, so far 16,139 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 11,828 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 1,237.90 and a low of Rs 1,187.35 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 1,242.75 on 20 November 2014. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 817 on 19 December 2013.

 

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 20 November 2014, rising 18.91% compared with the Sensex's 6.2% rise. The stock, however, underperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 5.28% as against Sensex's 6.66% rise.

The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 69.56 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.

Shares of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise were on roll recently gaining 11.9% in three trading days to Rs 1,236.30 on 20 November 2014 from a recent high of Rs 1,104.80 on 17 November 2014.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise's net profit rose 5.2% to Rs 91.50 crore on 18.2% growth in net sales to Rs 1152.85 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013.

Apollo Hospitals is one of Asia's largest healthcare groups.

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First Published: Nov 21 2014 | 2:14 PM IST

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