-3.40 (-0.99%) NTPC is currently trading at Rs. 160.00, up by 3.10 points or 1.98% from its previous closing of Rs. 156.90 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 156.45 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 160.30 and Rs. 156.45 respectively. So far 52344 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 175.35 on 12-Sep-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 136.10 on 21-Mar-2013.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 162.80 and Rs. 155.60 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 131927.43 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 75.00% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 19.84% and 5.16% respectively.
NTPC, the power major aims to start production at its six coal blocks by 2017 and to secure an additional 40 million tonne of captive coal. The six coal blocks are Pakri Barwadih, Chatti-Bariatu, Kerandari, and Chatti-Bariatu (South) in Jharkhand; Tallaipali in Andhra and Dulanga in Odisha.
The state run firm will commission the Kol Dam hydel project in this fiscal. It is also establishing 50 mw solar plant at Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh, 5 mw at Faridabad in Harayana, 10 mw at Talcher in Odisha, 10 mw at Unchahar and 25 mw at Singrauli in UP and 25 mw in Ramagundam.