NTPC shots up on plan to commissioning Unit-4 of 500 MW of Simhadri power stations

NTPC is currently trading at Rs. 170.50, up by 2.90 points or 1.73% from its previous closing of Rs. 167.85 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 168.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 170.80 and Rs. 167.50 respectively. So far 1, 37,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 190.30 on 17-Feb-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 138.95 on 16-May-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 170.85 and Rs. 163.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1, 40,791 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 84.50% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 11.74% and 3.76% respectively.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has declared commercial operation of Unit- 4 of 500 MW of Simhadri super thermal power station (STPS) with effect from September 30, 2012. With this the commercial capacity of Simhadri STPS will reach 2000 MW and that of NTPC Group will be of 37174 MW.

NTPC is the largest power generating company in the country. It has also diversified into hydro power, coal mining, power equipment manufacturing, oil & gas exploration, power trading & distribution.

On standalone basis, the company has posted a rise of 20.37% in its net profit at Rs 2498.67 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as compared to Rs 2075.78 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.  Total income has increased by 11.06% at Rs 16844.89 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 15167.89 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has declared commercial operation of Unit- 4 of 500 MW of Simhadri super thermal power station (STPS) with effect from September 30, 2012. With this the commercial capacity of Simhadri STPS will reach 2000 MW and that of NTPC Group will be of 37174 MW.

NTPC is the largest power generating company in the country. It has also diversified into hydro power, coal mining, power equipment manufacturing, oil & gas exploration, power trading & distribution.

On standalone basis, the company has posted a rise of 20.37% in its net profit at Rs 2498.67 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as compared to Rs 2075.78 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.  Total income has increased by 11.06% at Rs 16844.89 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 15167.89 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.