NTPC inches up on plan to enter into JV pact for Bangla project by month end

24 Jan 2012 Evaluate

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is currently trading at Rs 175.75, up by 0.10 points or 0.06% from its previous closing of Rs 175.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 175.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs 177.00 and Rs 172.80 respectively. So far 65787 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 197.70 on 25-Jan-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs 152.00 on 23-Nov-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 177.55 and Rs 163.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 144955.26 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 84.50% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 11.67% and 3.83% respectively.

NTPC is planning to enter into a joint venture (JV) agreement for the 1,320-Mw Khulna power project in Bangladesh by the end of January. The project would be a 50:50 JV between NTPC and Bangladesh government.

The power plants are likely to come up at an investment of around Rs 13,200 crore. The coal-fired power plants are likely to be installed on a 50:50 equity basis to be run on imported coal and operated by NTPC. The construction of the project is likely to start by April next year.

Earlier in August 2011, NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Board ((BPDB) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish two thermal power projects at Chittagong and Khulna for mitigating the power shortages in the neighbouring nation.

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