NTPC slips as government sells 7% stake in the company

31 Aug 2017 Evaluate

NTPC is currently trading at Rs. 165.45, down by 2.55 points or 1.52% from its previous closing of Rs. 168.00 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 163.70 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 165.55 and Rs. 163.70 respectively. So far 27,71,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 179.00 on 07-Aug-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 143.45 on 13-Oct-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 174.00 and Rs. 163.70 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1,36,462.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 69.74%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.22% and 3.04% respectively.

The government has received bids for 7% stake in India’s largest power producer NTPC, which will fetch the exchequer about Rs 9,100 crore. At the end of the two-day offer for sale (OFS), the government retained over-subscription it had received from institutional investors after retail investors bid for only 73% of the quota allocated for them. The government had planned to sell over 41.22 crore shares, or 5% holding, through the two-day OFS, with an option to retain a similar portion in case of over- subscription.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is the largest power utility company in India and has presence in Coal, Gas, Solar PV, Hydro and Wind Power Generation and Coal Mining.


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