NTPC gains on plan to invest Rs 1,000 crore on R&D in 6 years

26 Jun 2015 Evaluate

NTPC is currently trading at Rs 135.80, up by 0.25 points or 0.18% from its previous closing of Rs 135.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 136.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 136.40 and Rs 135.40 respectively. So far 25405 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 164.70 on 12-Mar-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 126.80 on 17-Dec-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 140.00 and Rs 135.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 111890.95 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.96% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 22.62% and 2.43% respectively.

NTPC is planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore on research and development (R&D) exercise in six years that will involve groundbreaking work in areas of new and renewable energy, waste management, efficiency improvement and cost reduction. Last year NTPC spent about Rs 129 crore or nearly 1.2% of its profit after tax on R&D.

The company, which recently announced big plans for entering the solar energy sector, has decided to work on developing power generation technologies that will use lesser volumes of coal and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

NTPC is the largest power generating company in the country. It has also diversified into hydro power, coal mining, power equipment manufacturing, oil & gas exploration, power trading & distribution.

NTPC Share Price

319.80 0.35 (0.11%)
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