JK Paper rallies as Q1 net profit rose to Rs 16.78 crore
JK Paper Ltd rallied
as much as 10.1 per cent in trade on Tuesday, a day after the company reported
standalone net profit of Rs 16.78 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015-16 on increased
productivity and effective utilization of raw materials.
The stock ended the
day 5.18 per cent higher or Rs 2.20 at Rs 44.70.
It had posted a net
loss of Rs 22.53 crore for the April- June period of previous fiscal, 2014-15,
JK Paper said in a statement.
JK Paper Vice
Chairman & Managing Director Harsh Pati Singhania said: “The significant
improvement in performance is due to higher sales volumes and major
improvements in operating efficiencies emanating from the Company’s new plant
at Jaykaypur, Odisha.
The company's
standalone net sales stood at Rs 682.73 crore in the first quarter of the
current fiscal as against Rs 573.88 crore in the year-ago period.
Meanwhile, in a
separate filing JK Paper informed the BSE that its board in meeting held today
approved to "issue of 1,19,10,000 Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each at a price
of Rs 42/- per share" to the promoter and one or more constituents of the
promoter Group on preferential basis.
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