Jindal Saw gains on plans to restructure transhipment biz of subsidiary

Jindal Saw rose 1.68% to Rs 75.80 at 11:05 IST on BSE after the company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with SULA Shipping and Logistics to restructure transhipment business of wholly owned subsidiary Jindal ITF.

The announcement was made after market hours on Tuesday, 26 August 2014.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 119.20 points or 0.45% at 26,562.01

On BSE, so far 32,704 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 2.79 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 76.80 and a low of Rs 75.10 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 42.70 on 17 October 2013. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 95.90 on 11 June 2014.

The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 26 August 2014, falling 7.68% compared with 1.21% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, sliding 11.09% as against Sensex's 6.98% rise.

The small-cap company has equity capital of Rs 55.24 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Jindal Saw said that the company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SULA Shipping and Logistics in relation to restructuring of transhipment business of its wholly owned subsidiary Jindal ITF. The definitive agreement(s) will be entered between the parties in due course, Jindal Saw said.

Jindal Saw's net profit jumped 260.9% to Rs 54.90 crore on 5.1% decline in net sales to Rs 1145.11 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013.

Jindal Saw is the leading production hub of saw pipes primarily used for transportation of oil and gas.

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