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Sugar stocks hit upper circuit; Upper Ganges zooms 20%

Ugar Sugar, Dwarikesh Sugar, Oudh Sugar, Parrys Sugar, Rajshree Sugar, Dharani Sugars and Mawana Sugars hit upper circuit on the BSE.

Conditions for sugar mills to avail subsidy eased

SI Reporter Mumbai
Shares of sugar companies back into focus and rallied by up to 20% on the bourses after correcting more than 20% from their 1-year high price.

10 sugar stocks – Ugar Sugar Works, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries, Oudh Sugar Mills, Parrys Sugar Industries, Rajshree Sugar Chemicals, Dharani Sugars & Chemicals, Rana Sugars, Riga Sugar Company, Mawana Sugars and Uttam Sugar Mills – have locked in their respective upper limit of circuit breaker on the BSE.

Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries locked in 20% upper circuit of Rs 373 on the BSE. A combined 3.93 million shares changed hands till 02:00 pm. There were pending buy orders 39,858 shares on the BSE and NSE.

On August 2, the stock hit a record high of Rs 533 during intra-trade, corrected 42% since then to close at Rs 311 on Wednesday.

Kesar Enterprises frozen upper circuit of 20% of Rs 54.70, after falling 40% from its 52-week high of Rs 76 till yesterday.

Total 38 sugar companies so far announced their April-June, 2016 quarter (Q1FY17) results, posted a combined net profit of Rs 467 crore against net loss of Rs 957 crore in the same period last year.

According to PTI reports, sugar production during the ensuing season of 2016-17 could be lower compared with the current year's estimated output of 252 lakh mt due to drought that hit Maharashtra and Karnataka, Lok Sabha was informed on last Tuesday. LINK.
 

Company 17/08/2016 LTP % chg
 
1-Year high
UPPER GANG. SUG. 310.65 372.75 19.99 532.60
KESAR ENTERPRISE 45.60 54.70 19.96 75.90
SAKTHI SUGARS 35.25 41.10 16.60 56.00
DHARANI SUGARS 31.30 34.40 9.90 71.40
SIMBHAOLI SUGAR 29.80 32.75 9.90 61.20
MAWANA SUGARS 39.40 43.30 9.90 71.40
DCM SHRIRAM INDS 187.05 205.50 9.86 229.00
RIGA SUGAR 20.90 22.95 9.81 33.75
KCP SUGAR &INDS. 32.25 35.30 9.46 45.90
KM SUGAR MILLS 12.12 13.23 9.16 14.40
DALMIA BHARAT 104.90 114.45 9.10 168.40
PONNI SUG.ERODE 207.35 225.80 8.90 359.35
EMPEE SUGARS 6.80 7.30 7.35 9.93
TRIVEN.ENGG.IND. 50.50 54.15 7.23 68.00
PICCADILY AGRO 18.25 19.50 6.85 24.70
THIRU AROOR. SU. 65.55 69.90 6.64 118.85
SH.RENUKA SUGAR 15.10 16.05 6.29 19.18
BAJAJ HINDUSTHAN 16.90 17.90 5.92 24.20
Balrampur Chini 110.50 117.00 5.88 138.00
DHAMPUR.SPL.SUG. 18.90 20.00 5.82 22.50
DHAMPUR SUGAR 107.30 113.50 5.78 137.65
Bannari Amm.Sug. 1832.40 1933.00 5.49 2242.25
Oudh Sugar Mills 90.00 94.50 5.00 160.95
Dwarikesh Sugar 237.20 249.05 5.00 379.20
Uttam Sug.Mills 47.35 49.70 4.96 98.00
Rajshree Sugars 45.70 47.95 4.92 89.75
Parrys Sugar 38.65 40.55 4.92 71.90
Ugar Sugar Works 37.95 39.80 4.87 73.10

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First Published: Aug 18 2016 | 2:24 PM IST

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