A2Z Infra Engg advances after bagging contract

A2Z Infra Engineering rose 3.92% to Rs 41.10 at '15:20 IST on BSE after the company announced that Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company awarded contract to the company.

The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 2 December 2016.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 73.64 points or 0.28% at 26,304.30.

On the BSE, 2.37 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2.88 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 41.60 and a low of Rs 40.50 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 51.65 on 1 November 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 16.50 on 12 February 2016. It had underperformed the market over the past one month till 1 December 2016, sliding 16.82% compared with the Sensex's 4.72% fall. The scrip had, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, advancing 5.61% as against the Sensex's 6.56% fall.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 129.62 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

A2Z Infra Engineering said that contract is for construction of 132 KV S/S Pakhanjur and associates extra high voltage (EHV) line on turnkey basis TR-16/05 for value of Rs 35.25 crore.

A2Z Infra Engineering reported net loss of Rs 16.65 crore in Q2 September 2016, higher than net loss of Rs 8.40 crore in Q2 September 2015. The company's net sales declined 42.7% to Rs 149.38 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015. The result was announced before market hours on Friday, 2 December 2016.

A2Z Infra Engineering (formerly known as A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services) is a fast growing, fully integrated electrical business group (EBG) in India catering to the needs of domestic and international power sector clients in building distribution and transmission infrastructure.

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