Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) were up 4 per cent at Rs 2,150 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Thursday, having gained 6 per cent in the past two trading days after the company announced the proposal to hive off its oil-to-chemical (O2C) business into an independent unit. The stock was trading at its highest level since October 21, 2020. It had hit a record high of Rs 2,369 in September last year.
RIL in a presentation on Tuesday, February 23, announced the initiation of the formal process of carving out the O2C business into a wholly-owned independent subsidiary.