Power Grid Corporation rises on plan to float overseas arm

07 Nov 2012 Evaluate

Power Grid Corporation of India is currently trading at Rs. 119.70, up by 0.35 points or 0.29% from its previous closing of Rs. 119.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 119.90 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 120.20 and Rs. 119.00 respectively. So far 52927 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 124.45 on 05-Sep-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 94.55 on 24-Nov-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 120.20 and Rs. 113.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 55579.85 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 69.42% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 21.31% and 9.27% respectively.   

State-owned, Power Grid Corporation of India has decided to float an overseas arm, along the lines of energy major ONGC's overseas arm OVL, as it has received expression of interests from global consultants like PwC, E&Y and KPMG to advise it on floating its overseas arm. Through this initiative, the company will grab opportunities in the global market.

The entity is also planning to enter into the Rs 3-lakh-crore distribution market and is likely to bag licenses for distribution in Odisha to start with. It will enter the distribution network segment as a part of its expansion plan and is already in talks with Odisha in this regard. 

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