BPCL trades higher as crude prices declines

08 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is trading marginal higher in the trade as international crude oil prices declined on Wednesday on unexpected rise in weekly inventories

BPCL is currently trading at Rs 550.50, up by 2.05 points or 0.37% from its previous closing of Rs 548.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 545.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 557.90 and Rs 541.05 respectively. So far 20625 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 721.65 on 15-Dec-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 487.05 on 24-Nov-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 565.00 and Rs 520.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 19828.78 crore.

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

Crude prices declined on Wednesday on report of an unexpected rise in weekly inventories and growing concern about the euro zone. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported an increase in inventories of 1.3 million barrels for the week ended December 2, whereas analysts were estimating a fall of 1.3 million. Gasoline inventories grew by 5.1 million barrels, and supplies of distillates jumped by 2.5 million barrels.

Meanwhile, there is consensus among European Union states on the need for a ban on Iranian oil exports to the bloc, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in Doha on Tuesday. Now, investors will focus on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on December 14 in Vienna, Austria.

Benchmark crude for January delivery fell 79 cents, or 0.8%, to $100.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude for January lost $1.28, or 1.2%, to $109.53 a barrel on the ICE.

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