Sugar stocks in focus; Shree Renuka, Mawana Sugars up over 10%

Kesar Enterprises, Thiru Arooran, Uttam Sugar Mills, Simbhaoli Sugars, Bajaj Hindustan, Ugar Sugar, Dhampur Sugar Mills and Dalmia Bharat Sugar were up 4% to 8% on the BSE

Shares of sugar companies rallied by up to 16 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Friday. Shree Renuka Sugars and Mawana Sugars have rallied 16 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively, on the back of a two-fold jump in trading volumes.

Kesar Enterprises, Thiru Arooran Sugars, Uttam Sugar Mills, Simbhaoli Sugars, Bajaj Hindustan Sugar, Ugar Sugar Works, Dhampur Sugar Mills, Dalmia Bharat Sugar, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries and Triveni Engineering were up 5 per cent to 8 per cent on the BSE. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.29 per cent at 38,797 at 10:38 am.

On Thursday, the private weather forecaster Skymet had predicted below-normal monsoon rains during June-September, clouding prospects of higher economic growth in a country whose farm sector is significantly dependent on the seasonal rainfall. The agency did not ruled out drought, though it said the chances were 15 per cent.

According to Skymet, June and July will have less rains. “June is going to have a very sluggish start and deficit rains are likely to spill into July,” it said. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL REPORT

A downward revision in domestic sugar production estimate to 30.7 million MT (as against the first advanced estimate of 31.5 million MT) along with a series of government support measures – both by the central government and various state governments- commencing May 2018 have provided some relief to oversupply hit sugar mills, according to rating agency ICRA.

ICRA expects domestic sugar production for sugar year 2019 (SY2019) to be around 30.7 million MT as against earlier estimates of around 31.5 million MT in October 2018 driven by a decline in the sugarcane availability in Uttar Pradesh (UP). In addition, sugar production could be further impacted by the diversion of ‘B’ heavy molasses and sugarcane juice away from sugar into ethanol.

Ethanol production capacity may increase over next 2-3 years from 3,550 million liters currently to 6,000-7,000 million, Indian Sugar Mills Association said in a statement.

COMPANY	LATEST	PREV CLOSE	GAIN(%)
SH.RENUKA SUGAR	11.90	10.63	11.95
MAWANA SUGARS	46.85	42.35	10.63
UTTAM SUG.MILLS	134.85	125.70	7.28
RAJSHREE SUGARS	23.60	22.00	7.27
BANNARI AMM.SUG.	1577.95	1475.20	6.97
SIMBHAOLI SUGAR	10.50	9.82	6.92
MAGADH SUGAR	122.50	114.90	6.61
UGAR SUGAR WORKS	16.75	15.80	6.01
BAJAJ HINDUSTHAN	8.61	8.14	5.77
INDIAN SUCROSE	17.15	16.35	4.89
SIR SHADI LAL	41.85	39.90	4.89
RANA SUGARS	3.70	3.53	4.82
DALMIA BHARAT	121.70	116.15	4.78
SAKTHI SUGARS	11.00	10.52	4.56
DHAMPUR SUGAR	230.80	221.00	4.43
DWARIKESH SUGAR	30.00	28.80	4.17
TRIVEN.ENGG.IND.	61.60	59.15	4.14
BALRAMPUR CHINI	142.10	137.75	3.16
KCP SUGAR &INDS.	16.85	16.35	3.06
DHARANI SUGARS	11.80	11.46	2.97