The company announced the results during trading hours today, 17 January 2012.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 300.49 points, or 1.86% to 16,489.85.
On BSE, 15.43 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 4.93 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 82.45 and a low of Rs 77.40 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 118.50 on 9 September 2011. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 65.90 on 25 February 2011.
The mid-cap stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 16 January 2012, rising 4.27% compared with the Sensex's 4.51% return. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 19.1% as against 5.23% fall in the Sensex.
The company has an equity capital of Rs 416.21 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals' net sales rose 31.8% to Rs 1783.71 crore in Q3 December 2011 over Q3 December 2010.
The net loss was due to a huge deferred tax liability during the quarter. Due to a switch over to Tonnage Tax scheme for the shipping division, the company has ascertained deferred tax liability of Rs 185.86 crore as on 1 April 2011. The deferred tax liability is being accounted for during last two quarters of the financial year 2011-12. Accordingly, an amount of Rs 92.93 crore has been accounted in the current quarter (Q3 December 2011), the company said. The company's profit from ordinary activities before tax fell 26.6% to Rs 111.18 crore in Q3 December 2011 over Q3 December 2010.
Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals is one of the largest private sector fertilizer producers in India. Chambal Fertilisers has three divisions -- agri-inputs, shipping and textiles.