JK Lakshmi Cement shares up over 1% at close

Shares of JK Lakshmi Cement ended over 1 per cent higher today after the company reported 31 per cent rise in net profit for the October-December quarter.
After gaining 3.5 per cent to Rs 400 in intra-day trade, shares of JK Lakshmi Cement finally ended at Rs 392.20, up 1.49 per cent on the BSE.
At the NSE, it settled with a gain of 1.46 per cent at Rs 391.80.
JK Lakshmi Cement had yesterday reported 31 per cent rise in net profit for the October-December quarter at Rs 18.48 crore on higher sales and net sales realisation.
The company, which has over nine million tonnes per annum cement-making capacity, had clocked Rs 14.09 crore net profit in the same quarter last fiscal, it said in a statement.

"The profit is higher primarily because of two reasons - higher sales and net sales realisation. While the sales volume were up by six per cent, NSR was up by around four per cent over the same quarter last fiscal," said Shailendra Chouksey, Whole-Time Director of the company.
The company's revenue rose to Rs 618 crore from Rs 560 crore a year earlier, buoyed by six per cent rise in sales volume.