Asian Paints share price closes at ₹2,451.30; stock slips 0.11% on September 18

Key Takeaways

• Asian Paints closed only 0.11% lower at ₹2,451.30 despite trading across a ₹36 range between ₹2,438 and ₹2,474. 
• The stock finished below all three moving averages, with gaps ranging from ₹131.60 against the 200-day DMA to ₹153.80 against the 100-day DMA. 
• Its six-month return remained positive at 9.52%, while one-month, three-month and one-year returns were negative. 

Asian Paints share price closed at ₹2,451.30 on September 18, down ₹2.70 or 0.11% from the previous close of ₹2,454. The percentage change was small, although the stock covered a wider ₹36 intraday range. It opened at ₹2,456, reached ₹2,474 at the high and fell to ₹2,438 at the low before ending ₹13.30 above that low. 

The closing level remained below each moving average listed for the stock. The 50-day DMA was ₹2,601, leaving a gap of ₹149.70. The 100-day DMA was slightly higher at ₹2,605.10, while the 200-day DMA was ₹2,582.90. The close was ₹153.80 below the 100-day figure and ₹131.60 below the 200-day reading. 

Recent return periods were mixed. Asian Paints recorded a one-month return of -8.79% and a three-month return of -10.47%. The six-month figure, however, was positive at 9.52%, while the one-year return was -1.70%. The difference between the six-month and one-year readings was 11.22 percentage points, one of the larger contrasts among the displayed return periods. 

Volume for the session was 1,022,483 shares, and market capitalisation was ₹2,35,128 crore. The 52-week high was ₹2,986 and the low was ₹2,115. September 18’s close was ₹534.70 below the high and ₹336.30 above the low. The annual span between those two reference points was ₹871. 

The stock began the day ₹2 above its previous close, but ended ₹4.70 below the opening price. Even with that open-to-close decline, the final daily change remained limited to 0.11% because the previous close and final price were only ₹2.70 apart. The session’s more distinctive figures were the contrast between the narrow net daily loss and ₹36 trading range, together with a closing price that remained below the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day averages. 

Another useful comparison is the relationship between the session range and the annual range. September 18 moved through ₹36 from low to high, compared with an ₹871 spread between the displayed 52-week extremes. The close sat ₹13.30 above the day’s low and ₹22.70 below the day’s high, so it finished in the lower half of that intraday band. The 50-day, 100-day and 200-day averages were all within roughly ₹22 of one another, yet each remained more than ₹130 above the closing price. 

September 18 volume was 1,022,483 shares, while market capitalisation stood at ₹2,35,128 crore. Those scale figures accompanied a session in which the final price changed very little from the previous close.