GAIL moves up on plan of doubling petrochemical output in FY18

24 May 2017 Evaluate

GAIL (India) is currently trading at Rs. 381.20, up by 0.75 points or 0.20% from its previous closing of Rs. 380.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 382.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 383.45 and Rs. 375.15 respectively. So far 23597 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 433.50 on 03-May-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 269.25 on 29-Sep-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 408.85and Rs. 365.30 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 63584.54 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.97%, while institutions and non-institutions held 39.74% and 5.29% respectively.

Gas Authority of India (GAIL) is reportedly planning to double its petrochemical output in the coming fiscal. In FY17, the company’s polymer output was 5.77 lakh tonnes and the company intended to increase that to 8 lakh tonnes in FY18 from the Pata plant in Uttar Pradesh and about 2 lakh tonnes from its subsidiary Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer in Assam.

Moreover, the company has ongoing expansion projects which require investments of up to Rs 30,000 crore, out of which Rs 20,000 crore over the next three fiscals will be invested in creating 6,000 km of natural gas pipelines and a Rs 3,000 crore coal gasification project at the Talcher fertilizer plant in Odisha.

The company is also investing Rs 650 crore to build a breakwater (a physical barrier from rough waves) at the Dabhol gas import terminal in coastal Maharashtra, converting the project into an all-weather port to bring in liquified natural gas cargo.

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