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According to the technical analyst from Anand Rathi, Hind Petro can surge to Rs 278; while SAIL can advance to Rs 97.
The company blamed depressed marketing margins on motor fuels and LPG as the main reason for its profitability being impacted over the latest quarter
India has about 84,600 fuel retail outlets, of which 8,900 offer alternative fuels such as CNG, auto LPG or EV charging facilities
HPCL and Honda Power Pack Energy India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co Ltd (Honda), launched their first 'e:swap' station at HPCL's petrol pump in Bengaluru on August 6, the firm said.
Petrol and diesel prices are down by $40-50 per barrel from month-ago levels
Indian companies are snapping up Russian oil as it is available at a deep discount after some companies and countries shunned purchases from Moscow due to sanctions against Russia
State-controlled fuel retailers in India, which is the world's third-biggest consumer and importer of oil, will raise petrol and diesel pump prices for the first time since November
India's three state-run fuel retailers - Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp - dominate fuel retailing in India, and tend to move their prices together
Sales of gasoil, which account for about two-fifths of India's overall refined fuel consumption, are directly linked to industrial activity in Asia's third-largest economy
According to Mehul Kothari of Anand Rathi, traders can accumulate V-Guard Industries share in the range of 222 - 218 with a stop loss of 210 for an upside target of 236 in coming 1 - 2 weeks.
Net profit in October-December stood at Rs 869 crore, as compared with Rs 2,355 crore for the same period last year
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made a bold pledge to cutting emissions at the world's third-biggest emitter to net-zero by 2070
Adani Ports and SEZ, Hindustan Petroleum and ONGC rose 7.8 per cent, 5 per cent and 3.5 per cent respectively over two days
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) on Thursday reported its March quarter net profit soaring many folds to Rs 3,018 crore on the back of inventory gains and rise in refining margins. The company had a net profit of Rs 27 crore in January-March 2020. "Enhanced profitability was a result of robust operational performance, improvement in refinery margins helped by inventory gains and favourable exchange rate variations," HPCL Chairman and Managing Director M K Surana told reporters. The company, which runs refineries at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, earned USD 8.11 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel in January-March period. This is compared with a negative gross refining margin (GRM) of USD 1.23 per barrel. Inventory gains are booked when raw material (crude) prices rise by the time a company processes oil into fuel. Losses are booked when the reverse happens. Surana said the company had an inventory gain of Rs 4,608 crore in the fourth quarter of 2020-21 as compared
The increasing economic importance of India's hinterlands is influencing business expansion plans and accelerating a trend of more service stations being opened in the countryside
Prices touched historic low of $1.79 per mmBtu for October-period of current financial year, down 25% from $2.39 per mmBtu during April-September period
Rising Covid-19 cases in India and talks of a second wave of the pandemic globally are adding to concerns on demand for petroleum products moving forward
The net profit surged despite sales falling to Rs 45,945.48 crore in first quarter of 2020-21 from Rs 74,595.64 crore a year ago
Over the last three-four days, OMCs have increased the per litre price of gasoline and diesel by a total of Rs 2.14 and Rs 2.23, respectively
Sebi asked HPCL to re-file shareholding pattern to stock exchanges by August 13 for all quarters since Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) acquired government's entire stake in the refiner in January 2018