India's VST Industries falls on September quarter profit slide

VST Industries

18/10/2023 06:27

** Shares of VST Industries  VSTI.NS  fall as much as 2.93%
to a near five-month low of 3,285 rupees 
    ** Slide after the cigarette maker posts 17.59% Y/Y fall in
September quarter profit after tax to 759.5 mln rupees
    ** Revenue from operations rises 2.86% to 4.52 bln rupees,
while total expenses jump 8.07%, weighing on profit
    ** Trading volume is 7,724 shares as of 10:54 a.m. IST, 1.7x
the 30-day avg - LSEG data
    ** Including session's losses, VSTI up 0.16% in 2023 so far


 (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
 ((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463))