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Tobacco stocks bounced back today rising by up to 3 per cent on value-buying, a day after a sharp plunge in the wake of higher cess.
ITC shares made a positive opening and gained 2.56 per cent to Rs 291.90 on the BSE.
On the volume front, 14.98 lakh shares of the company were traded on the BSE and over two crore shares changed hands on the NSE during the morning trade.
Shares of Godfrey Phillips India went up by 2.62 per cent to Rs 1,188 and those of VST Industries rose 1.60 per cent to Rs 3,334.45.
Tobacco stocks had yesterday took a severe beating, led by ITC that plummeted 15 per cent in intra-day session, after the GST Council raised the cess on cigarettes. ITC later ended the day 12.63 per cent lower at Rs 284.60.
Cigarette stocks were down in Monday’s trading session also.
The GST Council had on Monday raised the cess on cigarettes to take away an estimated Rs 5,000 crore annual “windfall” manufacturers could have reaped from lower GST rates.
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