Oct. 22 market reports put UltraTech Cement shares higher, while the company’s latest quarterly release showed sales and domestic shipments advancing as input costs climbed.
HDFC SKY’s snapshot, citing National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) data, listed the shares at ₹10,958, up 1.00%, at 6 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. IST). It reported volume of 172,207 shares.
The Economic Times’ liveblog later listed the same last-traded price at 8:31 a.m. ET (6:01 p.m. IST), with volume of 172,266 shares. An earlier update on the page put the stock at ₹10,965, up 1.07%, at 5:55 a.m. ET (3:25 p.m. IST). Moneycontrol’s earlier snapshot, at 3:30 a.m. ET (1 p.m. IST), showed ₹10,954, a gain of ₹105 or 0.97%, within a range of ₹10,651 to ₹10,976. The reports did not explain the differences.
UltraTech’s Oct. 19 results release put consolidated net sales at ₹23,024 crore for the quarter ended Sept. 30, an 18.9% increase from a year earlier. Profit after tax was ₹1,501 crore, up 21.3%. Domestic grey cement sales volume grew 13.8% to 35.94 million tonnes.
Reuters reported that profit growth fell short of analysts’ forecasts, with higher raw-material expenses weighing on results even as volumes increased. UltraTech also pointed to monsoon conditions and the West Asia crisis as pressures on the quarter.
On the earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Atul Daga said fuel expense had reached ₹51.50 per bag, versus ₹45 previously. He said the effect of cement price increases would be more fully visible in third-quarter earnings.
An earlier EconoTimes report said UltraTech shares remained 10.29% below the July close.
UltraTech’s financial calendar schedules reporting for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2026, for the end of January 2027.
