Hindustan Zinc gains after board's nod for special interim dividend

Hindustan Zinc rose 2.23% to Rs 318.70 at 9:35 IST on BSE after the company said its board approved special interim dividend of Rs 27.50 per share for the year ending 31 March 2017.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 22 March 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 94.24 points or 0.32% at 29,261.92.

On the BSE, 6.51 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 3.84 lakh shares in the past two weeks. The stock had hit a high of Rs 322.10 and a low of Rs 316.70 so far during the day.

The record date for the payment of interim dividend is 30 March 2017.

Hindustan Zinc stock offers a dividend yield of 8.82% based on the closing price of Rs 311.75 yesterday, 22 March 2017.

Hindustan Zinc's net profit rose 26.11% to Rs 2319.90 crore on 38.45% growth in total income to Rs 5972.16 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Hindustan Zinc is a subsidiary of Vedanta (formerly known as Sesa Sterlite), a part of London listed Vedanta Resources plc, a global diversified natural resources company.

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