Goa Carbon gains after resuming Bilaspur plant's operations

Goa Carbon rose 3.7% to Rs 106.60 at 9.48 IST on BSE after the company said that the operations at its Bilaspur plant in Chhattisgarh had commenced from 27 December 2016.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 28 December 2016.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 5.80 points or 0.02% at 26,204.88.

On the BSE, 59,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 60,554 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 109.80 and a low of Rs 105.50 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 141 on 06 October 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 62.10 on 17 February 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 28 December 2016, declining 2.05% compared with the Sensex's 0.53% fall. The scrip had also underperformed the market over the past one quarter declining 10.37% as against the Sensex's 7.36% fall.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 9.15 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

Goa Carbon said that the operations of the company's Bilaspur plant in Chhattisgarh had commenced from 27 December 2016. The company had earlier on 5 December 2016, announced temporary shut-down of this unit.

The company at that time had said that there would not be any financial impact due to the temporary shutdown of the unit as there is sufficient inventory to service the orders in hand.

Goa Carbon reported net profit of Rs 4.62 crore in Q2 September 2016, as against net loss of Rs 2.96 crore in Q2 September 2015. Net sales rose 0.3% to Rs 79.04 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

Goa Carbon is engaged in the business of manufacture and marketing of calcined petroleum coke.

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