India's Ramco Cements slips after Q1 profit drop
** Shares of India's Ramco Cements TRCE.NS down as much as
4.06% at 841 rupees, lowest since May 22
** Co posts sharpest intraday slide since Jan. 27 after Q1
profit dropped about 30% to 789.1 million rupees ($9.54 million)
** More than 1.4 mln shares changed hands by 3:05 p.m. IST,
3.4X 30-day avg
** Average rating of 30 analysts covering the stock is
"hold", median TP 850 rupees - Refinitiv
** YTD stock had risen 24%
($1 = 82.7200 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))
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