According to the current chart structures, shares of OMCs needs to hold their relevant support levels to stay afloat.
According to the technical analyst, ITC has given a confirm breakout above Rs 272, hence the stock can potentially rise to Rs 290.
As per media reports, the government is considering selling a 20-25 per cent stake in BPCL instead of its entire 53 per cent holding, previously under divestment process.
Indian Oil Corporation on Sunday said it will invest nearly Rs 840 crore in expanding its Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant storage capacities, including setting up a greenfield facility, in the Northeast
Many more price hikes though required to return to positive margins; moderate valuations offer some comfort
Retail prices of petrol and diesel had been on a freeze since October 2021 when crude oil prices were hovering around $80 a barrel
Except IOC, which managed to hold 200-DMA, other stocks are in no mood to conquer their respective hurdles yet, technical charts indicate
"As the economy is on the path of demand recovery post Covid, fuel consumption has also been picking up," said Kumar.
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Fall in refining margins and likely sharing of subsidy burden are key overhangs
The letter was sent on Monday to traders who submit cargo offers into IOC's regular crude oil buy tenders
Apollo Hospitals Enterprises will replace state-owned oil marketing company Indian Oil Corporation in the index
BPCL, HPCL, Indian Oil, Gujarat Gas, Petronet LNG, Indraprastha Gas and Mahanagar Gas are trading 2 per cent to 6 per cent lower on the BSE.
Move will help Dabur leverage IndianOil's reach via booklets given to consumers through OMC's delivery team. An app will also help customers order directly, and get the products delivered by this team
Even if OMCs are not made to share any under-recovery, the continued pricing intervention would make it utterly difficult to divest government's stake in BPCL, Motilal Oswal said in its report
RIL has already spent $1.4 billion to acquire technologies across the solar battery and hydrogen ecosystems
Revenue from operations rose nearly 35% to Rs 1.98 trillion
Surpiya Lifescience is likely to make a bumper debut on the stock exchanges, with GMP indicating a likely listing gain of 40-45 per cent for the stock
IOCL operates a network of more than 15,000-km long crude oil, petroleum product and gas pipelines
IOC said in a statement that the incident occurred at a unit of the refinery during shutdown-related works