NTPC Ltd.

NTPC is currently trading at Rs. 137.75, up by 0.10 points or 0.07% from its previous closing of Rs. 137.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 136.60 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 137.85 and Rs. 135.40 respectively. So far 99509 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 164.70 on 12-Mar-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 126.80 on 17-Dec-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 140.00 and Rs. 135.05 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 112715.50 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.96 % while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 22.62 % and 2.43 % respectively.

NTPC is planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore on research and development (R&D) exercise in six years that will involve groundbreaking work in areas of new and renewable energy, waste management, efficiency improvement and cost reduction. Last year NTPC spent about Rs 129 crore or nearly 1.2% of its profit after tax on R&D.

The company, which recently announced big plans for entering the solar energy sector, has decided to work on developing power generation technologies that will use lesser volumes of coal and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

NTPC is the largest power generating company in the country. It has also diversified into hydro power, coal mining, power equipment manufacturing, oil & gas exploration, power trading & distribution.