Shares of public sector oil marketing companies (PSU OMCs) will be in focus after announcing a hike in petrol and diesel prices. Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) on Friday, 16 December 2016, announced an increase in the price of petrol and diesel with effect from the midnight of 16/17 December 2016. Petrol price was hiked by Rs 2.21 per litre and diesel price was raised by Rs 1.79 a litre at Delhi (excluding state levies).
The current level of international product prices of petrol & diesel and rupee-dollar exchange rate warrant increase in selling price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision, IOCL said in a statement. The movement of prices in the international oil market and rupee-dollar exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes, it added.
Laurus Labs debuts on the secondary equity market today, 19 December 2016. The company priced the initial public offer (IPO) at the top end of the Rs 426 - Rs 428 a share price band. The bidding for the IPO opened on 6 December and closed on 8 December 2016. The issue received bids for 10.01 crore shares compared with 2.19 crore shares on offer. The IPO was subscribed 4.57 times.
Axis Bank announced that it has reviewed and decided to reduce its marginal cost of funds based lending rates (MCLR) by 10 basis points (bps) in the overnight tenor and by 15 bps across all other tenors with effect from 17 December 2016. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 16 December 2016. The bank's MCLR for overnight loans will be 8.55%, for one month will be 8.55% and for three months will be 8.75%. The MCLR on 6-month loans will be 8.85% and for one-year loans the rate would be 8.9%, the bank said. MCLR for two-year loans would be at 8.95% and loans with three-year maturity would carry an MCLR of 9%, the bank said.
NTPC and National Aluminium Company (Nalco) will be in spotlight. Nalco and NTPC have entered into an memorandum of understanding (MoU), for developing power projects and other business collaborations in India. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 16 December 2016.
Under the MoU, the companies will float a joint venture namely NTPC-Nalco Power Company(NNPC) to set up power plants. The first such power plant is planned at Gajamara, Odisha with a capacity of 2,400 megawatts (MW) (3X800 MW), at an estimated investment of Rs 14000 crore. The proposed super critical power plant with state-of-the-art technology will supply uninterrupted power to Nalco's smelter at Angul. The process for acquisition of 1,600 acres of land in Gajamara has already commenced.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for power, coal, new & renewable energy and mines, Piyush Goyal highlighted that the joint venture is a win-win situation between Nalco & NTPC. Nalco is planning a brownfield expansion at its aluminium smelter in Angul, with an additional capacity of 5 lakh tonnes per annum, at an estimated capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 10000 crore. The company possesses the required land and other infrastructure for the purpose. The proposed expansion will help the Nalco to achieve economy of scale and substantially reduce its cost of production. This expansion will be taken up immediately by Nalco. Goyal also mentioned that Nalco is also planning to set up a greenfield aluminium smelter project with a capacity of 6 lakh tonnes per annum (TPA) in Kamakhyanagar, Odisha at an estimated investment of Rs l2000 crore.
CEAT announced after market hours on Friday, 16 December 2016, approval of an investment of approximately Rs 2800 crore, spread over a period of five years leading up to financial year 2022. With this investment, CEAT's capacity would go up by 1 million tyres per annum for truck bus radials, 17 million tyres per annum for 2-wheelers and 6 million tyres per annum for passenger car radials. The investments are proposed to be funded through a blend of debt and equity.
Additionally, the board has also approved the appointment of Kumar Subbiah as chief financial officer of the company with effect from 16 January 2017 in place of Manoj Jaiswal, who takes over a different responsibility.
JK Lakshmi Cement announced on Saturday, 17 December 2016, that it received shareholders' approval to raise up to Rs 500 crore by issuing non-convertible debentures (NCDs) on private placement basis.
Gayatri Projects announced on Saturday, 17 December 2016, that its board of directors will meet on 26 December 2016 to consider 5-for-1 stock split.
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