V-Mart Retail attracts buyers after opening new store

V-Mart Retail rose 3.44% to Rs 823 at 14:40 IST on BSE after the company said that it has opened a new store in Bihar.

The announcement was made during market hours today, 29 March 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 69.05 points or 0.23% at 29,478.57. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 30.05 points or 0.21% to 14,183.42.

More than usual volumes were witnessed on the counter. On the BSE, 61,653 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 29,745 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 847.30 and a low of Rs 788 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 883.75 on 9 March 2017. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 425 on 24 June 2016.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 18.07 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

V-Mart Retail said that the store is a fashion store. With the opening of the store, the tally of stores in Bihar is 5 composite & 26 fashion stores. This takes the total number of stores to 141 stores in 121 cities across 14 states, with 37 composite stores & 104 fashion stores with a total area of around 11.95 lakhs square feet.

V-Mart Retail net profit rose 81.3% to Rs 27.21 crore on 23.2% growth in net sales to Rs 326.49 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

V-Mart Retail is a hypermarket format retail chain based in New Delhi. It is a multi-brand family retail store offering apparels, general merchandise and kirana.

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