Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was provisionally down 3.50 points, or 0.03%, 13,765.65.

On BSE, 66,456 shares were traded in the counter. The stock had an average daily volume of 57,207 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 590 and a low of Rs 550 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 695.70 on 15 June 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 215 on 27 October 2008.

The stock had fallen 8.80% in four trading sessions to Rs 554.75 on Wednesday, 8 July 2009 from Rs 608.30 on 2 July 2009.

The large-cap stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 8 July 2009, falling 8.75% as compared to the Sensex's 8.98% fall. It had underperformed the market in the past one quarter, rising 14.84% as compared to the Sensex's return of 27.45%.

The company's current equity is Rs 422.53 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

The current price of Rs 580 discounts the company's Q4 March 2009 annualized EPS of Rs 52.21, by a PE multiple of 11.11.

Hindustan Zinc's net profit declined 53.40% to Rs 551.47 crore on 44.3% fall in net sales to Rs 1,262.68 crore in Q4 March 2009 over Q4 March 2008.

Hindustan Zinc is into mining and smelting of zinc and lead. The products include zinc ingots, lead ingots, silver, sulphuric acid, cadmium ingots, copper cathode and others.