The announcement was made during trading hours today, 2 February 2012.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 139.72 points, or 0.81% to 17,440.30
On BSE, 49,527 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 26,064 shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 1239 in intraday trade today, 2 February 2012. The stock hit a low of Rs 1206.70 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 917 on 20 June 2011.
The large-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 1 February 2012, rising 5.66% compared with the Sensex's return of 11.94%. The stock, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 1.41% as against Sensex's decline of 1.03%.
The cement firm has an equity capital of Rs 187.74 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
ACC's cement production grew 9.22% to 2.25 million tonnes while cement dispatches rose 8.78% to 2.23 million tonnes in January 2012 over January 2011.
ACC declares its year ended December 2011 results on 9 February 2012. The company's consolidated net profit rose 84.6% to Rs 159.31 crore on 29.8% rise in net sales to Rs 2283.42 crore in Q3 September 2011 over Q3 September 2010.