Power Grid gains as IFC invests $20.4 million in company

03 Jun 2014 Evaluate

Power Grid Corporation of India is currently trading at Rs 126.30, up by 1.10 points or 0.88% from its previous closing of Rs 125.20 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 126.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 126.50 and Rs 124.00 respectively. So far 193711 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 135.00 on 26-May-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs 86.70 on 02-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 128.40 and Rs 121.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 65996.50 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 57.90% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.63% and 7.47% respectively.

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made an equity investment of $20.4 million in Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL). The investment was through its participation in the follow on public offer (FPO).

The company lined up a project whose cost is estimated at about $16 billion out of which $1 billion is funded through an equity infusion in the FPO. The project comprises of several transmission lines and sub-stations in various parts of the country.

PGCIL is India’s principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India’s interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India.

 

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