Share price of Marico falls as Nifty strengthens

A total of 10,958 shares changed hands on the counter till 11:11AM (IST).

Shares of slipped 0.12 per cent to Rs 650.35 in Tuesday's trade as of 11:11AM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 661.6 and low of Rs 646.5 during the session.

The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 38.64 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 11:11AM shares and turnover at Rs 0.72 crore around that time. The stock of quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 666.85 and 52-week low prices of Rs 486.75, respectively.

The stock's Beta value, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 0.8.

Promotor/FII Holding
Promoters held 59.35 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Mar-2024, while FIIs held 25.54 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 3.12 per cent.

Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 2293.0 crore for the quarter ended 31-Mar-2024, down 6.98 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 2465.0 crore and down 0.65 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 2308.0 crore. Net profit after tax for the latest quarter stood at Rs 318.0 crore, up 5.3 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Technicals
The MACD signalled a bullish bias on the counter. The MACD is known for signalling trend reversals in traded securities or indices.
It is the difference between the 26-day and 12-day exponential moving averages. A nine-day exponential moving average, called the signal line, is plotted on topof the MACD to reflect "buy" or "sell" opportunities. When the MACD crosses below the signal line, it gives a bearish signal, indicating that the price of the security may see a downward movement and vice versa.

Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times