The announcement was made after market hours on Thursday, 29 April 2010.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 77.33 points, or 0.44%, to 17,580.80.

On BSE, 4,789 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 33,798 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 232 and a low of Rs 227.05 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 275 on 8 March 2010 and a 52-week low of Rs 90 on 13 July 2009.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 29 April 2010, falling 6.15% compared with the Sensex's 1.17% decline. It underperformed the market in past one quarter, declining 2.80% as against 7% rise in the Sensex.

The mid-cap glass bottles and vials maker has an equity capital of Rs 17.47 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Hindusthan National Glass & Industries' net profit rose 6.5% to Rs 33.06 crore on 0.3% increase in net sales to Rs 351.06 crore in Q3 December 2009 over Q3 December 2008.