BPCL firms up on buzz of its plan of introducing smaller LPG cylinders

04 Jul 2014 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is currently trading at Rs. 606.50, up by 7.20 points or 1.20% from its previous closing of Rs. 599.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 600.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 611.90 and Rs. 596.85 respectively. So far 54,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 650.00 on 6-Jun-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs. 256.00 on 06-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 611.90 and Rs. 570.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 43,855.06 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.93%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 28.13% and 16.94% respectively.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is reportedly planning to introduce 3kg and 2kg LPG cylinders in the market. The move came in following the good customer feedback received by the company after launching the 5 kg cylinder in various cities including the metros. This will be beneficial for the consumers who have highly irregular work timings and may not be able to visit the distributor or be at home to receive cylinders during normal working hours.

Further, the company is looking at improving LPG infrastructure in the country by setting up pipelines to regulate road movements, bottling plants in areas where there were no such facilities and import facilities in ports on the west coast.

BPCL is into exploration, production and retailing of petroleum and petrol related products. The retail business unit of BPCL is into marketing of petrol, diesel and kerosene.

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