As cigarette taxes rise sharply from February, sellers say smokers are already switching to cheaper, smuggled brands, exposing how price hikes may reshape India's smoking behaviour
Dec 4 (Reuters) - British American Tobacco is looking to offload its stake in India's ITC Hotels, it said on Thursday, through an accelerated bookbuild process
The maker of 'Sunfeast' biscuits and 'Gold Flake' cigarettes reported a 5.4% rise in standalone profit of ₹5,180 crore ($589.34 million) for the quarter ended September 30
According to media reports, the Indian government could consider raising GST on cigarettes and other tobacco products to 40 per cent once levy of compensation cess on cigarettes is stopped
ITC's consolidated profit for the period came in at Rs 5,054.4 crore, up 1.8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), from Rs 4,964.5 crore in the same quarter a year ago (Q2FY24).
On the bourses, ITC stock has rallied 14.1 per cent over the past month. The stock hit an all-time high of Rs 510.60 on July 24, 2024. This was the first instance of ITC stock crossing Rs 500-mark.
At 9:17 AM, ITC shares were trading nearly 0.50 per cent lower at Rs 439.45 per share. In comparison, S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.14 per cent at 75,309.65 levels
The sale of 437 million ordinary shares in ITC through a block trade, will cut the Dunhill cigarette maker's shareholding to about 25.5% from about 29%