Bharti Airtel, a leading integrated
telecommunications company, dropped on Friday after reporting a
fall of 71.95% in profit due to higher finance cost and lower
margins.
During the quarter, the consolidated net profit was at Rs 2.84 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012 as compared to Rs 10.11 billion in the same period last year.
The company has reported finance cost including exchange fluctuation of Rs 13.32 billion, registering a rise of 69%.
The company has posted consolidated EBITDA margin of 30.6% down from 32.2% for the same period last year.
In the same period, consolidated revenue has increased by 9.43%
to Rs 202.54 billion compared with year ago period. 
Shares ofthe companyare trading at Rs
332.40, down Rs 7, or 2.06% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on
Friday at 12:49 p.m.The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs
347.20 and low of Rs 327.10. The total volume of shares traded at
the BSE is 1,358,822.In the earlier session, the shares lost 1.52%,
or Rs 5.25, at Rs 339.40. Currently, the stock is trading down
16.38% from its 52-week high of Rs 400.90 and above 40.57% over the
52-week low of Rs 238.50.
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