BPCL shares plunge on weak results

Rajalakshmi S Updated - January 09, 2018 at 06:23 PM.

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Shares of BPCL fell as much as 2.3 per cent to Rs 473 as Q1 profit slumped.

The company's Q1 profit slumped 72 per cent to Rs 745 crore ($116.50 million), missing analysts' estimates, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Gross refining margins (GRMs) fell to $4.88 per barrel from $6.09 per barrel last year, BPCL had said on Friday.

“Lower-than-expected GRMs and higher inventory/forex losses could be negative for BPCL,” Nomura analysts wrote in a note, adding that BPCL's numbers were weaker than peers.

Published on August 14, 2017 05:00