The result was announced after market hours on Thursday, 6 February 2014.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 25.30 points, or 0.12%, to 20,336.04.

On BSE, so far 50,000 shares were traded in the counter, compared with an average volume of 7,693 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 19.25 and a low of Rs 18.10 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 25.85 on 7 February 2013. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 12 on 28 March 2013.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 6 February 2014, sliding 11.57% compared with the Sensex's 2.29% fall. The scrip had, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 0.31% as against Sensex's 2.80% decline.

The small-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 38.57 crore. Face value per share is Re 1.

Himadri Chemicals & Industries' net sales declined 0.72% to Rs 334.67 crore in Q3 December 2013 over Q3 December 2012.

Himadri Chemicals & Industries is the largest coal tar pitch manufacturing company in India. It is a carbon specialist, developing coal tar by-products and derivatives (advanced carbon material, carbon black, corrosion protection and naphthalene). The company addresses growing needs of sectors like aluminium, graphite, infrastructure, lithium-ion battery, tyre and rubber applications. The company has also invested in 2.5 megawatts of wind power generation in Dhule (Maharashtra, India).