Date: 10.08.2007
Anant Raj Industries was down 2.84% to Rs1190 at 11:53 IST ahead of its board meeting today, 10 August 2007, toconsider a stock-split. The BSE Sensex, meanwhile, was down 410.62, or 2.72%, to 14,689.53,tracking fresh setback in global markets. Asian stocks tumbled acrossthe board on Friday as credit jitters flared up after France's biggestlisted bank BNP Paribas on Thursday, 9 August 2007, froze three fundsthat invested in US subprime mortgages.On BSE, 3,331 shares of the scrip were traded. The stock had anaverage daily volume of 8,535 shares on BSE in the past one quarter. The shares of the mid-cap construction firm and tile maker hadtouched a high of Rs 1278.80 and a low of Rs 1172.35 so far during theday. It had hit a 52-week high of Rs 1474.90 on 7 December 2006 and a52-week low of Rs 685.10 on 9 August 2006. Anant Raj Industries had fallen 4.87% in the one month to 9 August 2007versus the Sensex's 1.27% drop. It had added 7.35% in the past threemonths against the Sensex's 9.45% return.