Share price of Indus Towers rises as Nifty weakens

Shares of Indus Towers Ltd. gained 8.53 per cent to Rs 157.1 in Friday's trade as of 10:05AM (IST). The stock hit a high price of Rs 159.2 and low of Rs 144.0 during the session.

The return on equity (ROE) for the stock stood at 9.66 per cent. Traded volume on the counter stood at 10:05AM shares and turnover at Rs 15.3 crore around that time. The stock of Indus Towers Ltd. quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 230.75 and 52-week low prices of Rs 135.2, respectively.

The stock's Beta value, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 0.34.

Promotor/FII Holding
Promoters held 51.01 per cent stake in the company as of 31-Dec-2022, while FIIs held 26.63 per cent and domestic institutional investors had 0.32 per cent.

Key Financials
The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 6869.0 crore for the quarter ended 31-Mar-2023, up 0.21 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 6854.8 crore and up 4.93 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 7225.3 crore. Net profit after tax for the latest quarter stood at Rs 1399.1 crore, down 23.48 per cent from the same quarter a year ago.

Technicals
The MACD signalled a bullish bias on the counter. The MACD is known for signalling trend reversals in traded securities or indices.
It is the difference between the 26-day and 12-day exponential moving averages. A nine-day exponential moving average, called the signal line, is plotted on topof the MACD to reflect "buy" or "sell" opportunities. When the MACD crosses below the signal line, it gives a bearish signal, indicating that the price of the security may see a downward movement and vice versa.