India's JSW Cement jumps on quarterly profit rise

JSW Cement

21/05/2026 07:53

** India's JSW Cement JSWC.NS jumps 8.35% to 131 rupees

** Cement maker's Q4 consol total net profit jumps over 10-fold y/y to 3.71 billion rupees ($38.51 million)

** Revenue from ops up 10.9% y/y, outpacing a 2.4% y/y rise in total expenses

** Trading vols at nearly 2.5x the 30-day average

** Co rated "buy" on average by 15 analysts, median PT at 142 rupees - LSEG data

** JSWC top gainer on the Nifty Cement .NIFTYCEMENT index, which is up ~1.9%

** YTD, stock up about 10% vs Nifty Cement index's 9.2% decline

($1 = 96.3300 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru)

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