Hero MotoCorp drops amid volatility

Hero MotoCorp lost 1.05% to Rs 3,341.25 at 15:17 IST on BSE after the company witnessed rejig of promoter holding via bulk deal mechanism on Friday, 24 March 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 180.11 points or 0.61% at 29,241.29.

On the BSE, 21,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 44,942 shares in the past one quarter. The stock lost as much as 1.92% at the day's low of Rs 3,311.60 so far during the day. The stock rose as much as 0.6% at the day's high of Rs 3,397 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a record high of Rs 3,739.90 on 8 September 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 2,829 on 6 May 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 24 March 2017, surging 6.28% compared with the Sensex's 1.83% rise. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market over the past one quarter, gaining 11.22% as against the Sensex's 12.98% rise.

The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 39.94 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Brij Mohan Lal Om Prakash sold 88.78 lakh shares of Hero MotoCorp to Bahadur Chand Investments at Rs 3,375 per share in a bulk deal on the NSE on Friday, 24 March 2017.

Bahadur Chand Investments owned 11.11% and Brij Mohan Lal Om Prakash Partnership controlled 22.88% stake end December 2016.

Hero MotoCorp's net profit fell 2.7% to Rs 772.05 crore on 12.1% decline in net sales to Rs 6245.90 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Hero MotoCorp is the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer in terms of production capacity. The company has six manufacturing plants, including five in India including Dharuhera, Gurgaon, Haridwar, Neemrana and Halol and one in Colombia.

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