Great Eastern Shipping Company rose 1.06% to Rs 385.10 at 12:24 IST on BSE after the company said a special committee approved raising Rs 500 crore by issuing 5,000 unsecured non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis.
The announcement was made during trading hours today, 16 January 2017.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 24.02 points, or 0.09%, to 27,262.08.
On the BSE, so far 1,435 shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volumes of 19,449 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 387.30 and a low of Rs 384.55 so far during the day.
The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 397.60 on 1 November 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 275 on 2 March 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 13 January 2017, rising 4.03% compared with the 2.71% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 2.30% as against Sensex's 1.57% decline.
The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 150.78 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) said that the debenture issue committee at its meeting held on 16 January 2017 has approved the issue of 5,000 unsecured non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of Rs 10 lakh each, aggregating to Rs 500 crore by way of private placement. The NCDs are offering interest rate of 7.99% per annum.
On a consolidated basis, net profit of GE Shipping declined 23.99% to Rs 268.75 crore on 21.12% decline in net sales to Rs 794.51 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.
GE Shipping has two main business: shipping and offshore. The shipping business is involved in transportation of crude oil, petroleum products, gas and dry bulk commodities. The offshore business services to the oil companies in carrying out offshore exploration and production activities, through its subsidiary Greatship (India).
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