The company announced the results after market hours on Monday, 29 October 2012.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 187.75 points or 1.01% to 18,448.07.

On BSE, 7,705 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 78,172 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 78.10 and a low of Rs 76.25 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 43 on 22 December 2011. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 96.50 on 16 February 2012.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 29 October 2012, falling 5.13% compared with the Sensex's 0.68% fall. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 4.86% as against Sensex's 10.67% rise.

The mid-cap fertilizer maker has equity capital of Rs 490.58 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

National Fertilizer (NFL), incorporated in 1974, is India's largest state-run enterprise in fertilizers sector. NFL has five urea plants located at Nangal & Bathinda in Punjab, Panipat in Haryana and Vijaipur I & II plants in Madhya Pradesh. Apart from producing urea, NFL is also engaged in manufacturing & marketing of industrial products, trading of complex fertilizers and other agro products. The Government of India (GoI) holds 97.64% stake in NFL as per the shareholding pattern as on 30 September 2012.