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PGCIL reverses intraday fall after large block deals

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Last Updated : Dec 12 2013 | 11:55 PM IST

Power Grid Corporation of India rose 0.1% to Rs 98.05 at 11:25 IST on BSE, with the stock reversing intraday fall after three large block deals were executed on the counter on BSE today, 12 December 2013.

A block deal of 25 lakh shares was executed on the Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) counter at Rs 97.65 per share at 10:53 IST on BSE today, 12 December 2013. Second block deal of 20 lakh shares was executed on the counter at Rs 97.65 per share at 10:53 IST on BSE today, 12 December 2013. Third block deal of 15 lakh shares was executed on the scrip at Rs 97.50 per share at 10:53 IST on BSE today, 12 December 2013. The block deals saw 0.13% equity of the company changing hands.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 139.25 points or 0.66% at 21,032.16

Three block deals boosted volume on PGCIL counter. On BSE, so far 61.93 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 3 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock was volatile. The stock rose as much as 0.15% at the day's high of Rs 98.10 so far during the day. The stock fell as much as 0.97% at the day's low of Rs 97 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 119.15 on 11 December 2012. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 86.70 on 2 August 2013.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 11 December 2013, rising 2.3% compared with the Sensex's 3.32% rise. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 1.16% as against Sensex's 5.87% rise.

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The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 4629.73 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

PGCIL has priced its recently concluded follow-on public offer (FPO) at Rs 90 per share, the top end of the Rs 85-90 per share price band. A discount of Rs 4.50 per share has been allowed to retail investors and eligible employees on the issue price, PGCIL said on Tuesday, 10 December 2013. The FPO which was completed last week had received strong response from investors. The FPO was subscribed 6.74 times. The portion reserved for institutional investors i.e. Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 9.09 times. Category wise subscription data showed that foreign institutional investors (FIIs) put in bids for a total of 186.93 crore shares, compared with 39.20 crore shares reserved for the QIB category as a whole.

The portion reserved for retail individual investors was subscribed 2.17 times. The portion reserved for non-institutional investors was subscribed 9.7 times.

The PGCIL FPO was a combination of fresh issue of 60.18 crore shares by the company and disinvestment by the Government of India (GoI) of 18.51 crore equity shares held by the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Power. After the successful divestment, GoI's holding in PGCIL has dropped to 57.89% from earlier 69.42%.

PGCIL's net profit rose 10.1% to Rs 1239.20 crore on 29% growth in net sales to Rs 3981.64 crore in Q2 September 2013 over Q2 September 2012.

PGCIL, a navaratna public sector undertaking under the ministry of power, is the country's central transmission utility (CTU). The company owns and operates more than 90% of India's inter-state and interregional electric power transmission systems (ISTS). As principal electric power-transmission company of the country, it owns and operates 102109 circuit kilometers of electrical transmission lines and 172 electrical substations with a total transformation capacity of 172378 MVA as end of 30 September 2013

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First Published: Dec 12 2013 | 11:37 AM IST

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