Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals today reported a net loss of Rs 1.24 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.
The company had reported a net profit of Rs 107.42 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a filing to the BSE.
Net sales of the company, however, rose by 32% to Rs 1,783.71 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 1,352.70 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.
The total expenditure of the company rose by 39% to Rs 1,665.08 crore in the October-December 2011 quarter from Rs 1,195.54 crore in the year-ago period.
Chambal has two fertiliser (urea) manufacturing plants located in Kota district of Rajasthan with an annual capacity of about 2 million tonne.
Shares of the company were trading down 3.61% at Rs 78.80 in preclose session on the BSE.
