Shares of Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE:ANFI) rose by 1.56% in the past week and 11.64% for the last 4 weeks. In the past week, the shares have outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.41% and the outperformance increases to 14.25% for the last 4 weeks.

Amira Nature Foods Ltd. is up 67.46% in the last 3-month period. Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at -36.52%.

Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE:ANFI) : On Thursday heightened volatility was witnessed in Amira Nature Foods Ltd (NYSE:ANFI) which led to swings in the share price. The shares opened for trading at $9.39 and hit $10.1 on the upside , eventually ending the session at $9.11, with a gain of 3.52% or 0.31 points. The heightened volatility saw the trading volume jump to 802,972 shares. The 52-week high of the share price is $14.7392 and the company has a market cap of $261 million. The 52-week low of the share price is at $2.51 .

Institutional Investors own 10.36% of Amira Nature Foods Ltd shares.

Amira Nature Foods Ltd. is a provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, with sales in over 40 countries. It generates the majority of its revenue through the sale of Basmati rice, a long-grain rice grown only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent. The Company sells its products, primarily in emerging markets, through a distribution network. It sells its Amira brand in more than 25 countries. The Company sells its Amira branded products to Indian retailers such as Bharti Wal-Mart, Big Bazaar, Metro Cash & Carry, Spar, Spencers Retail, Star Bazaar (Tesco in India) and Total and retailers, such as Carrefour, Costco, Jetro Restaurant Depot, Lulus and Smart & Final, and through the foodservice channel. It participates across the entire rice supply chain from the procurement of paddy to its storage, aging, processing into rice, packaging, distribution and marketing. In January 2014, Amira Nature Foods Ltd acquired Basmati Rice GmbH.