Are power scrips showing slow but steady growth?
01 Apr 2016
A number of power stocks are offering attractive prices and, as a result, these are showing a slow but steady growth even though the Sensex was down on April 1.
Stock market traders think that power stocks are fundamentally strong and hence these are good buys.
The S&P BSE Power index increased 13.66 points (2.77%) to close at 1,789.39 on April 1, from the previous closing of 1,775.73. The highs and lows on April 1 were 1,797.73 and 1,773.99 respectively.
Global markets such as DAX and FTSE and the domestic index, the Sensex, all were trading in the red.
The Sensex decreased 72.22 points (0.28%) to close at 25,269.64.
On April1, most of the stocks on the S&P BSE Power closed in the green. The maximum gain was registered by Jaiprakash Power, with the stock increasing 7.26% to close at Rs 5.02. The maximum loss was registered by JSW Energy, with the stock decreasing 2.16% to close at Rs 68.
Movement of S&P BSE Power over the last one year:
Price movement of stock of S&P BSE Power on April 1
Company Name |
Last |
Change |
%Chg |
Mkt Cap |
|
Price |
|
|
(Rs cr) |
ABB India |
1291.25 |
14.75 |
1.16 |
27362.67 |
Adani Power |
34.75 |
0.1 |
0.29 |
11585.44 |
Alstom T&D |
439.45 |
-5.25 |
-1.18 |
11251.96 |
BHEL |
116.9 |
3.15 |
2.77 |
28612.44 |
CESC |
473.35 |
0 |
0 |
6274.59 |
Crompton Greave |
48.85 |
-0.35 |
-0.71 |
3057.34 |
GMR Infra |
11.98 |
0.29 |
2.48 |
7231.06 |
Jaiprakash Pow |
5.02 |
0.34 |
7.26 |
1474.88 |
JSW Energy |
68 |
-1.5 |
-2.16 |
11152.37 |
NHPC |
24.05 |
-0.05 |
-0.21 |
26624.96 |
NTPC |
129.95 |
1.15 |
0.89 |
107149.8 |
Power Grid Corp |
138.1 |
-1 |
-0.72 |
72248.25 |
PTC India |
63.1 |
-0.7 |
-1.1 |
1867.81 |
Reliance Infra |
555.4 |
21.8 |
4.09 |
14606.46 |
Reliance Power |
50.25 |
0.9 |
1.82 |
14095.76 |
Siemens |
1123 |
24.3 |
2.21 |
39992.3 |
Suzlon Energy |
14.15 |
0 |
0 |
7104.01 |
Tata Power |
65.2 |
0.55 |
0.85 |
17634.18 |
Thermax |
757.45 |
3.9 |
0.52 |
9025.49 |
Torrent Power |
229.05 |
-1.1 |
-0.48 |
11008.53 |