Ipca Lab scales record high

Ipca Laboratories rose 2.69% to Rs 718.75 at 9:59 IST on BSE, with the stock extending Wednesday's 8.24% rally triggered by the company successfully completing USFDA inspection at its formulation facility in Madhya Pradesh.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 434.45 points or 2.34% at 19,002.

On BSE, 15,000 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 31,377 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 730 so far during the day, which is also its record high for the counter. The stock hit a low of Rs 702 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 401.10 on 8 November 2012.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 4 September 2013, rising 3.9% compared with the Sensex's 3.11% fall. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, jumping 14.66% as against Sensex's 5% fall.

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 25.24 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Shares of Ipca Laboratories have rallied 11.15% in two trading sessions from Rs 646.60 on 3 September 2013, after the company during trading hours on Wednesday, 4 September 2013, said that the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) following an inspection, has found acceptable the company's oral solid dosage formulations manufacturing facility situated at Pharmazone, SEZ Indore, Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh. The stock had rallied 8.24% to settle at Rs 699.90 on Wednesday, 4 September 2013.

This will enable the company to commercialize oral solid dosage formulations in the US market from this formulations manufacturing facility, Ipca said.

It may be recalled that Ipca Laboratories had on 8 November 2012, said that during the course of the internal quality assurance review, the company had noticed a few non-conformances at its Indore manufacturing unit. The company had voluntarily referred these to the USFDA for an appropriate resolution, Ipca Laboratories said at that time.

Ipca Laboratories' net profit surged 67% to Rs 71.77 crore on 25.7% growth in net sales to Rs 792.53 crore in Q1 June 2013 over Q1 June 2012.

Ipca Laboratories is a fast growing pharmaceutical major, with a strong thrust on exports. The company exports to over 120 countries. Ipca Laboratories is vertically integrated and produces finished dosage forms and APIs.

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