Business - Briefly   

Madras Cements' profit zooms

CHENNAI: Madras Cements has posted a net turnover, including other income, of Rs. 408.94 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, against Rs. 247.11 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, an increase of 65 per cent. The operating profit rose to

Rs. 159.97 crore from Rs. 52.39 crore. The profit after taxation has risen sharply to Rs. 90.07 crore from Rs. 18.81 crore. The board of directors of the company, at its meeting held on October 30, has declared an interim dividend of 75 per cent (Rs. 7.50 per share of Rs. 10 each) for 2006-07, the record date being November 6.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Sensex scales 13000
Tata Motors' net up 31 p.c.
SAIL net up 28 p.c. in Q2 at Rs. 1,443 cr.
ITC posts higher profit
Tata Steel maintains profit
Indian Bank H1 net profit up 38 p.c.
AL to set up plant in Uttaranchal
Reliance Comm. Q2 net at Rs. 702 cr.
NTPC posts 26.68 p.c rise in Q2 net profit
Workshop on forex management
Declare Kerala an organic farming State: Joseph
Sharp rally in rupee
Bullion rates
Exchange rates
RBI releases mid-term report
Booklet on medicines
Rajiv buys majority stake in Asianet
Mittal elects new directors
Madras Cements' profit zooms
L&T inaugurates switchgear factory in China
HCL's facility in Uttaranchal
Henkel bets on industrial adhesives business
CUB fixes cap on foreign investors
South Indian Bank to open 25 branches
Syndicate Bank Q2 net up 17 p.c.
DLF plans to invest Rs. 12,000 crore in M.P.
Priyadarshini records 33 p.c. growth
QuEST enters aerospace manufacturing
PNB's net profit up by 20 p.c.
ICSA Q2 net profit spurts
Subex Azure to raise funds through GDRs
50 p.c. growth in OBC net
Sequoia Capital invests in Paras Pharma
Gokaldas Exports to split stock

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu