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Oil India surges on getting nod to acquire 5% stake in IOC

26 Feb 2014 Evaluate

Oil India is currently trading at Rs. 446.75, up by 0.50 points or 0.11% from its previous closing of Rs. 446.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 447.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 448.00 and Rs. 442.00 respectively. So far 1546 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 629.70 on 31-May-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 415.00 on 29-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 457.00 and Rs. 442.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 26786.62 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 68.43% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 16.50% and 15.07% respectively. Oil India (OIL) has received its board’s approval to acquire 5% stake in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) from the government at a discount to the market price. Meanwhile, the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which will also buy an equal number of shares in IOC, is yet to meet on the issue.

The government had offered a 10 per cent shareholding in IOC to ONGC and OIL at a discount of about 10% to the current trading price.

Oil India, a Navratna Company, is Asia's oldest and biggest pioneer oil exploration and Production Company. Oil India has over 1 lakh sq km of PEL/ML areas for its exploration and production activities, most of it in the Indian North East, which accounts for its entire crude oil production and majority of gas production. Rajasthan is the other producing area of the company, contributing 10 per cent of its total gas production.

Peers
Company Name CMP
ONGC 232.75
Oil India 477.00
Jindal Drilling&Inds 582.80
Deep Industries 734.55
Aban Offshore 14.20
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