Mumbai: State-run aluminium major National
Aluminiun Company Ltd (NALCO) on Wednesday posted a decline of 29.29
per cent in its net profit at Rs 155.18 crore for the third
quarter ended December 31, 2009, over the same period a year
ago.
The navratna company had a net profit of Rs 219.46 crore
during the December quarter of FY'09.
However, total income of the company rose to Rs 1,417.61
crore during the October-December quarter of current financial
year from Rs 1,035.95 crore of the corresponding quarter last
fiscal, NALCO said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2009, the
company posted a net profit of Rs 441.12 crore, against Rs
1,189.25 crore of the same period a year earlier.
Shares of NALCO today closed at Rs 406.70, down 2.78 per
cent on the BSE.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 00:18