The total capacity of the company's distillery after the said commissioning now stands at 350 KLD. The announcement was made during market hours today.

On the BSE, 53,000 shares were traded in the counter so far which is nearly 4 times its 2-week daily average volumes of 14,000 shares. The stock trades below its 50 and 200 days simple moving averages placed at 365.86 and 430.8 respectively.

On the technical front, the stock's RSI (relative strength index) stood at 57.905. The RSI oscillates between zero and 100. Traditionally the RSI is considered overbought when above 70 and oversold when below 30.

DCM Shriram's consolidated net profit fell 29.5% to Rs 118.94 crore on 2.9% increase in net sales to Rs 1,744.90 crore in Q2 September 2019 over Q2 September 2018.

DCM Shriram is engaged in the business of fertilizer, sugar and caustic soda.