ITC shares fall 4.5 pct as revenue misses forecast

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares of India's largest cigarette maker ITC ended down 4.5 percent on Thursday after its sales rose 10 percent during the quarter ended June 30, lagging forecasts.

The company posted net sales of 73.4 billion rupees in the first quarter of the current fiscal year beginning April from 66.5 billion rupees in the same period a year ago.

Analysts had expected sales of 78.7 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Earlier in the day the company posted a 18 percent jump in net profit to 18.9 billion rupees. (Reporting by Nandita Bose; Editing by Rafael Nam)