Meanwhile, BSE Sensex was down 715.54 points or 4.44% to 15,412.44 as Asian stock markets fell amid doubts about the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve's efforts to aid strained credit markets.

On BSE, 68,684 shares were traded in the counter. The scrip had an average daily volume of 44,555 shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 3544 and a low of Rs 3225 so far during the day. The stock had a 52-week high of Rs 3969 on 1 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 1534.90 on 14 March 2007.

The mid-cap scrip had outperformed the market over the past one month till 12 March 2008, gaining 19.24% compared to the Sensex’s fall of 2.89%. It had also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, declining 4.69% compared to Sensex’s decline of 19.78%.

The company’s current equity is Rs 39.36 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

The current price of Rs 3250 discounts its Q3 December 2007 annualized EPS of Rs 500.72, by a PE multiple of 6.49.

Sesa Goa’s net profit rose 152.7% to Rs 492.71 crore on 99.4% growth in net sales to Rs 1172.38 crore in Q3 December 2007 over Q3 December 2006.

Sesa Goa, an iron ore mining company of the Vedanta group, has been involved in iron ore mining, beneficiation and exports besides. It is also into the manufacture of pig iron and metallurgical coke.