** Shares of CIE Automotive India CIEA.NS down 1.8% at 474.5
rupees
** Stock falls as much as 2.2% to day's low of 472.8 rupees
in early trading
** Auto components supplier reported a 55% sequential drop
in Dec-qtr net profit
** Revenue from operations fell 1.7%
** Market slowdown in EU operations and drop in the U.S.
off-highway market hurt the performance, brokerage Motilal Oswal
** Stock on track for third consecutive week of losses, if
trend holds
** More than 651,000 shares change hands by 10:57 a.m. IST,
1.5x its 30-day avg
** Stock inched up ~0.9% YTD
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru)
((Navamya.GaneshAcharya@thomsonreuters.com; +91 8805175330 ;))