BPCL edged higher as crude oil nosedives on risk aversion

18 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is currently trading at Rs 509.75, up by 1.45 points or 0.29% from its previous closing of Rs 508.30 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 508.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 518.55 and Rs 501.00 respectively. So far 19282 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 747.00 on 18-Nov-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 502.50 on 17-Nov-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 565.00 and Rs 501.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 18377.19 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 54.93% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 27.74% and 17.33% respectively.

BPCL edged higher in the trade as Crude oil prices decreased overnight by a massive close to four percent. Crude oil prices nosedived by a massive close to four percent on Thursday as investors chose to take profits off the table after the recent rally in the commodity’s prices amid mounting worries over the Euro-zone debt trouble and the health of the global economy, which is weakening oil demand outlook. The oil prices also got dragged on the back of weak US economic reports which showed that manufacturing growth in US Mid-Atlantic region slowed more than expected in November, a month after registering an unexpected rise in October.

Benchmark crude for December delivery got butchered by $3.77, or 3.67% to settle at $98.82 a barrel, after trading as high as $103.37 and as low as $ 98.28, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for December delivery plummeted $3.66 or 3.27% to $108.22 a barrel, on the ICE Futures exchange.

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