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  Business   Market  28 Jul 2017  Idea shares dip by 6 per cent post Q1 loss of Rs 815.9 crore

Idea shares dip by 6 per cent post Q1 loss of Rs 815.9 crore

PTI
Published : Jul 28, 2017, 12:48 pm IST
Updated : Jul 28, 2017, 12:48 pm IST

The scrip lost 5.77 per cent to Rs 87.30 on BSE and tumbled 5.60 per cent to Rs 87.55 on NSE.

Shares of Idea Cellular on Friday dived by nearly 6 per cent after the company posted a loss of Rs 815.9 crore in the first quarter.
 Shares of Idea Cellular on Friday dived by nearly 6 per cent after the company posted a loss of Rs 815.9 crore in the first quarter.

New Delhi: Shares of Idea Cellular on Friday dived by nearly 6 per cent after the company posted a loss of Rs 815.9 crore in the first quarter ended June 30.

The scrip lost 5.77 per cent to Rs 87.30 on BSE. At NSE, the stock tumbled 5.60 per cent to Rs 87.55.

The telecom company on Thursday posted a loss of Rs 815.9 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, impacted by sustained pressure from disruptive tariffs of Reliance Jio.

This is the third straight quarter loss for the Aditya Birla group firm as it has not been able to recover from the pressure of aggressive tariff war triggered by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm.

Idea Cellular had posted a profit of Rs 217.1 crore in the same period a year ago.

Total revenue of Idea also declined by about 14 per cent to Rs 8,181.7 crore in the reported quarter from Rs 9,552.4 crore in the corresponding period of 2016-17.

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