JSW Steel in demand on reporting 2% jump in October’s crude steel production

28 Nov 2011 Evaluate

JSW Steel is currently trading at Rs 595.50, up by 38.75 points or 6.96% from its previous closing of Rs 556.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 565.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 597.90 and Rs 565.00 respectively. So far 414043 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 1240.00 on 21-Dec-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 532.05 on 04-Oct-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 608.00 and Rs 536.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 12422.05 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 37.71% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 26.63% and 34.27% respectively.

JSW Steel has reported crude steel production of 5.70 lakh tonnes, with a growth of 2% for October 2011 compared to that of corresponding month in the last fiscal year and 20% sequentially.

The company has posted a growth of 5% in production of Rolled Products (Flat) at 4.35 lakh tonnes in October 2011 compared to 4.17 lakh tonnes during October 2010. However, the company has witnessed a decline of 8% in production of Rolled Products (Long) at 0.93 lakh tonnes in October 2011 compared to 1.01 lakh tonnes during October 2010.

The company's Vijayanagar unit operated only at an average capacity utilization rate of 63% during October 2011 due to shortage of iron ore. Even though the company procured iron ore in the E-auctions, the availability of ore at plant remains a bottleneck due to procedural delays and logistical constraints in movement of ore.

JSW Steel is part of the JSW group which, in turn, is a part of the O P Jindal group. JSW Steel is one of the largest steel manufacturing companies in India having units in Karnataka and Maharashtra producing crude steel, long steel and flat steel products.

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