ITC Ltd shares edge down 0.40% but beat weaker market

7 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · Apr 30

The stock closed at 314.95 rupees on Thursday as the BSE Sensex fell 0.75% to 76,913.50 in a broadly weak Indian session.
ITC ended 29.09% below its 52-week high of 444.15 rupees, reached on 27 May, while peer moves were mixed.
Golden Tobacco rose 1.12%, Godfrey Phillips India fell 1.07%, and ITC trading volume was 733,840 shares, below its 50-day average of 1.2 million.

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