BPCL gains on plan to invest Rs 20,000 crore in Kerala

14 Sep 2012 Evaluate

BPCL is currently trading at Rs. 357.75, up by 3.20 points or 0.90% from its previous closing of Rs. 354.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 378.90 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 378.90 and Rs. 357.50 respectively. So far 2, 73,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 394.60 on 12-Jul-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 229.53 on 05-Jan-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 378.90 and Rs. 340.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 25,868 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.93% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.97% and 17.10% respectively.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), a public sector undertaking will be investing around Rs 20,000 crore in Kerala state in a bid to expand its facility at Kochi Refinery and for setting up a Petrochemical complex.

The proposal is to expand the capacity of Refinery plant from 9.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 15.5 MTPA while it would be setting up a Petrochemical complex at nearby Ambalamugal. The company is expecting that both the projects would be completed by December 2015.

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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