Shares of Indian Oil Corporation slipped 3 per cent to Rs 85.8 on the BSE on Monday after the oil marketing company's June quarter standalone profit declined 47 per cent Rs 1,910.84 crore. The profit was Rs 3,596.11 crore in the year-ago quarter.
With a good part of the quarter being spent under lockdown where the vehicular movement was sparse, IOC fuel sales fell 29 per cent to 15.25 million tonnes. Income from operations fell to Rs 88,936.54 crore in April-June from Rs 150,136.70 crore a year back.
"The company's sales during the month of April 2020 were impacted significantly by the