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Shares of cigarette makers ITC Ltd, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd and VST Industries Ltd rose up to 12% after media reports showed companies have hiked prices to pass on higher costs to consumers. The price increases are intended to offset the recent excise tax increase, reducing the expected EBIT decline to around 2%, compared to […]
Shares of tobacco stocks such as ITC and Godfrey Phillips fell as much as 19% on Thursday morning after the Treasury Department notified February 1 as the effective date for imposing additional duties on tobacco products. ITC shares fell 10% to an intraday low of Rs 362.7, while Godfrey Phillips fell 19.2% to Rs 2,230.15 […]
