-- Vinyl Chemicals (India)'s (NSE:VINYLINDIA, BOM:524129) profit declined to 46.5 million Indian rupees in the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, from 72.7 million rupees a year ago.
The chemical manufacturer's earnings per share contracted to 2.53 rupees from 3.96 rupees a year earlier, according to a Friday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.
Revenue from operations in fiscal Q4 increased to 1.80 billion rupees from 1.73 billion rupees a year ago.
The company's board recommended a dividend of 7 rupees per equity share of 1 rupee for the financial year ended March 31.
The company's shares were down over 8% in recent trade.