The company announced the results during trading hours today, 19 July 2012.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 77.64 points or 0.45% to 17,262.65.

On BSE, 9.18 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 2.91 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 47.60 and a low of Rs 46.40 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 54.40 on 17 February 2012. The stock had hit a record low of Rs 40.10 on 15 December 2011.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 18 July 2012, surging 8.88% compared with the Sensex's 2.87% rise. The stock had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 4.07% as against Sensex's 1.19% fall.

The mid-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 1714.76 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

L&T Finance Holdings said healthy growth in profit after tax (PAT) was supported by strong growth in overall loan book and stable net interest margins (NIM).

L&T Finance Holdings said consolidated profit before tax (PBT) without considering the impact of provisioning against AP micro-finance portfolio rose 34.6% to Rs 196.04 crore in Q1 June 2012 over Q1 June 2011.

L&T Finance Holdings said its loans and advances grew by 37.06% to Rs 26184.34 crore as on 30 June 2012 from Rs 19103.20 crore as on 30 June 2011 and by 2.07% from Rs 25670.59 crore as on 31 March 2012.

L&T Finance Holdings' ratio of gross non-performing assets (NPAs) (excluding Micro-finance business) rose to 1.37% of gross advances as on 30 June 2012 from 1.33% as on 31 March 2012. The increase in gross NPA was primarily as a result of stress in the economic environment, the company said.

L&T Finance Holdings ratio of gross non-performing assets (NPAs) (including Micro-finance business) stood at 1.63% of gross advances as on 30 June 2012 as against 1.8% as on 31 March 2012 and 2.26% as on 30 June 2011.

L&T Finance Holdings is a financial holding company offering a diverse range of financial products and services across the corporate, retail and infrastructure finance sectors, as well as mutual fund products and investment management services, through its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Engineering and construction major L&T holds 82.64% stake in L&T Finance Holdings.