** Shares of Balaji Amines Ltd BAMN.NS tumble as much as
18.49% to a fresh 52-week low of 1,880 rupees
** Specialty chemicals maker reports 50% Y/Y slump in March
quarter profit on a 40% drop revenue
** Core profit, too, more than halves as pharma and API
segments contracted - BAMN
** Co says CFO Hemanth Reddy Gaddam has resigned from the
post, to focus on subsidiary firm
** Stock is most active in over two years, with a trading
volume of 785,236 shares as of 12:26 p.m. IST, ~7x the 30-day
avg - Refinitiv IBES data
($1 = 81.7800 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463;))