ITC Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 313.4, up 1.79% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.29% on the day, quoting at 11467.9. The Sensex is at 37938.8, up 0.23%. ITC Ltd has risen around 16.7% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which ITC Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 10.77% in last one month and is currently quoting at 31725.25, up 1.23% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 166.17 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 153.39 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark August futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 313.2, up 1.84% on the day. ITC Ltd is up 11.19% in last one year as compared to a 16.57% spurt in NIFTY and a 24.88% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.

The PE of the stock is 33.51 based on TTM earnings ending June 18.

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ITC has allotted 47,87,790 Ordinary Shares of Re. 1/- each, upon exercise of 4,78,779 Options by Optionees under the Company's Employee Stock Option Schemes.

Consequently, with effect from 2 August, 2018, the Issued and Subscribed Share Capital of the Company stands increased to Re. 1222,38,19,921/- divided into 1222,38,19,921 Ordinary Shares of Re. 1/- each.

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Net profit of ITC rose 10.08% to Rs 2818.68 crore in the quarter ended June 2018 as against Rs 2560.50 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2017. Sales rose 6.87% to Rs 10554.66 crore in the quarter ended June 2018 as against Rs 9876.45 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2017.

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The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 26 July 2018.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 203.11 points, or 0.55% to 37,187.75.

On the BSE, 3.85 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far compared with average daily volumes of 9.40 lakh shares in the past two weeks. The stock had hit a high of Rs 301.80 so far during the day, which is also a 52-week high for the counter. The stock had hit a low of Rs 294.85 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 250.35 on 15 November 2017.

ITC's portfolio of traditional and greenfield businesses encompass fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), hotels, paperboards & specialty papers, packaging, agri-business, and information technology.

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