JSW Steel rises on planning to invest Rs 5000 crore

19 Nov 2018 Evaluate

JSW Steel is currently trading at Rs. 338.50, up by 3.75 points or 1.12% from its previous closing of Rs. 334.75 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 335.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 339.35 and Rs. 335.00 respectively. So far 34587 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 427.30 on 21-Sep-2018 and a 52 week low of Rs. 237.90 on 14-Dec-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 354.30 and Rs. 332.45 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 80916.45 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 42.32%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 37.20% and 20.48% respectively.

In a bid to strengthen its downstream manufacturing capacity, JSW Steel is planning to invest over Rs 5000 crore. The company is also keen to pursue stressed downstream assets that will come up for bidding in the next round.

This will enable the company to re-orient its product mix and focus on high-value special steel products and customisation. The investment in downstream capabilities by JSW Steel is aimed at capitalising the incremental demand expected to be generated across sectors for specialised steel.

JSW Steel is one of the largest steel manufacturing companies in India having units in Karnataka and Maharashtra producing crude steel, long steel and flat steel products.

JSW Steel Share Price

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