Dalmia Cement shares rise 7 percent

Bangalore: The Dalmia Cement stock was among the top gainers of the day after its share price went up by over seven percent. After opening the day at Rs. 202, the stock touched its day's high of Rs. 218.85, before ending the day at Rs. 214.85, with a gain of 7.16 percent. Through the day, 18,511 shares of Dalmia Cements were traded in the market with the current P/E ratio of 9.70. The 52 week stock price chart is on the left.

Dalmia Cement is a diversified, multi-location, multi-commodity manufacturing company. The company operates through four business segments: Cement, sugar, power and others. Cement is the single largest contributor in the company's diversified business and accounted for 74 percent of the total net sales of the company during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

During fiscal 2009, the company's cement division produced 3,384,000 metric tons of cement; the sugar division produced 108,000 metric tons of sugar; the magnesite division produced 28,000 metric tons of refractory products; the refractories division's production was 42,000 metric tons; the electronics division produced 2.9 million units of chip capacitors and 0.01 million units of chip resistors; the wind farm produced 26 million units of power, and the co-generation unit produced 195 million units of power. It also operates the Govan Travels.