NTPC gains on plan to expand capacity of Katwa thermal plant

01 Sep 2014 Evaluate

NTPC is currently trading at Rs 138.95, up by 1.25 points or 0.91% from its previous closing of Rs 137.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 138.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs 140.25 and Rs 137.40 respectively. So far 120078 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 168.80 on 06-Jun-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs 110.90 on 04-Mar-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 143.40 and Rs 137.30 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 114488.27 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.96% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 22.27% and 2.77% respectively.

The country’s largest power producer, NTPC is planning to add one more unit of 660 MW capacity to the existing 1320 MW Katwa thermal plant in West Bengal. Katwa thermal power plant of 1320 MW (660MWx2) is a reality as the company already has 550 acres land in the company’s possession and is fenced.

In this regard, the tender for EPC contract for the project will be opened on September 3 where 4-5 bidders like BHEL, L&T and others have expressed interest.

NTPC was aiming for another 300 acres of land of which some 200 acres of land would be acquired directly from the farmers and rest 100 acres was expected to come from state government.

 

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