The result was announced during trading hours today, 30 October 2009.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 161.82 points, or 1.01%, to 15875.77.
On BSE, 23.94 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 13.26 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 175 and a low of Rs 160 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 197.50 on 20 October 2009 and a 52-week low of Rs 55.25 on 20 November 2008.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 29 October 2009, falling 0.18% as compared to the Sensex 4.75% fall. It underperformed the market in past one quarter, correcting 1.21% as against 5.79% rise in the Sensex.
The large-cap state-run steel maker has an equity capital of Rs 4130.40 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
The current price of Rs 164.20 discounts the company's Q1 June 2009 annualised EPS of Rs 12.84, by a PE multiple of 12.78.
Steel Authority of India (Sail) had merged Bharat Refractories with itself in August 2009. Hence, the the company said the Q2 September 2009 quarterly figures are not comparable with Q2 September 2008.
Meanwhile, Sail's chairman S K Roongta was quoted by the media as saying today, 30 October 2009, that the company sees prices of long products, used in construction, under pressure. He added that the firm may cut prices of flat products by as much as Rs 500 a tonne in November 2009.
Sail is an integrated steel manufacturing company. The company's products include pig iron, steel ingots, liquid steel, alloy steel, special steel, stainless steel, ferro alloys, ERW pipes, spirally welded pipes, and calcium ammonium nitrate.
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