Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 128.92 points, or 0.73%, to 17,489.43.

On BSE, 2.40 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 82,525 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 684.75 and a low of Rs 674.30 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 725.70 on 17 February 2012. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 600.85 on 19 December 2011.

The stock had witnessed a pre-result rally. The scrip had jumped 6.22% to settle at Rs 682.55 on Tuesday, 10 July 2012, from a recent low of Rs 642.55 on 26 June 2012.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month until 10 July 2012, gaining 4.13% compared with the Sensex's 5.38% rise. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 1.76% as against 2.17% rise in the Sensex.

India's largest mortgage company by market capitalisation has an equity capital of Rs 297.73 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

HDFC's net profit rose 18.64% to Rs 1001.91 crore on 29.29% increase in total income to Rs 4934.95 crore in Q1 June 2012 over Q1 June 2011.

As on 30 June 2012, HDFC's loan book stood at Rs 148262 crore as against Rs 124168 crore in the previous year. This excludes the loans sold during the preceding 12 months amounting to Rs 4978 crore to HDFC Bank.