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ITC share price dips 4%, will it bounce back? Experts' view, target price, stop-loss

ITC is in focus.

· LiveMint Markets

ITC share price today opened lower at ₹264 and touched an intraday low of ₹254.70 apiece on the NSE, losing around 4% against previous close of …

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ITC reported ₹264, ₹254.70 and ₹265.70, with movement of 4% attached to those lines. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.

Against that, the stock is -4.0% on the day at ₹255.10, and has returned -9.4% over three months. It sits 40% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The fmcg sector has moved -4.2% over the same period, so ITC is running 5.2 points behind its peers.

For ITC, the question is how much of this is already reflected in the price and how much re-rates the fmcg peer set alongside it.

  • With NSE involved, this carries a regulatory dimension that can outlast the immediate market reaction.
  • The company directly in focus is ITC.
  • Sector exposure: FMCG.
  • The immediate tone of coverage reads negative.
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