ONGC drops on disinvestment buzz

ONGC lost 3.65% to Rs 413.10 at 13:53 IST on BSE on reports the government is considering offering higher discount in the forthcoming big-ticket public offer of state-owned firm.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 80.23 points or 0.3% at 26,356.79

On BSE, so far 3.22 lakh shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 7.15 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 431.65 and a low of Rs 412.10 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 472 on 9 June 2014. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 234.40 on 28 August 2013.

The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 25 August 2014, rising 6.95% compared with 1.19% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, advancing 5.21% as against Sensex's 7.06% rise.

The large-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 4277.74 crore. Face value per share is Rs 5.

As per reports, the government has selected five merchant banks for managing the proposed 5% stake divestment in state-owned ONGC through an offer for sale (OFS) route. The procedure of disinvestment is expected to be completed by the end of the month of September 2014, reports added. The Government owned 68.94% stake in the company (as per shareholding pattern as on 30 June 2014).

ONGC's net profit rose 19.1% to Rs 4781.79 crore on 13.2% growth in net sales to Rs 21747 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013.

ONGC is India's largest government-run corporation and produces about 70% of India's crude oil and natural gas.

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