Sugar stocks in demand

Shares of 15 sugar companies rose by 0.21% to 13.24% at 15:05 IST on BSE after media reports suggested that the government was considering a proposal to restructure sugar mills' debt.

Rana Sugars (up 13.24%), Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries (up 8.29%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries (up 7.81%), Shree Renuka Sugar (up 6.34%), Sakthi Sugars (up 6.33%), Oudh Sugar Mills (up 6.15%), Empee Sugars and Chemicals (up 6.08%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation (up 4.45%), Dhampur Sugar Mills (up 4.42%), Simbhaoli Sugars (up 4.26%), DCM Shriram Industries (up 4.08%), EID Parry (India) (up 3.14%), Balrampur Chini Mills (up 1.59%), Triveni Engineering & Industries (up 1%) and Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar (up 0.21%), edged higher.

 

The S&P BSE Sensex was up 296.16 points, or 1.12% at 26,662.31.

According to reports, total debt of sugar companies were around Rs 42000 crore at the end of financial year ended March 2016.

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