At 12:12 PM on Thursday; the BSE Power index was up 2.3 per cent at 7,043.98, as compared to 0.54 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex at 76,447.51.
As many as 34 out of the 40 constituent stocks were trading in the green, while six were in the red
At 01:58 PM on Thursday, the Nifty CPSE index was the the top gainer among sectoral and thematic indices, up 2.8 per cent, as compared to 0.4 per cent rise in the Nifty 50.
State-owned electricity generator NTPC on Friday said it has paid the power ministry Rs 2,666.58 crore in second interim dividend for FY26. A ceremonial cheque was handed over to Minister of Power Manohar Lal by company officials on February 25, NTPC said in a statement. "NTPC Ltd paid the second interim dividend of Rs 2,666.58 crore on 25th February 2026 for the financial year 2025-26, being 27.50 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company," it said. This is the 33rd consecutive year that NTPC Ltd has paid a dividend. NTPC is India's largest power generation company, catering to the country's one-fourth of electricity demand. The company operates more than 87 GW of installed capacity, with another 32 GW under construction.
The BSE PSU index hit a fresh 52-week high of 22,583.56 in Wednesday's intra-day trade, inching towards its all-time high level of 23,018.87 on August 1, 2024
NTPC is a strategically important vehicle for furthering Government of India's objectives in the power sector.
Angel One Equity Technical Analyst Rajesh Bhosale said that NTPC has an overall strong trend, and Petronet is trading above all major moving averages, reinforcing a positive bias
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NTPC and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from the Nifty 50 touched their respective 52-week highs.
Technical analyst Vinay Rajani of HDFC Securities expects NTPC and CPSEETF to rally to ₹392.50 and ₹111 on the upside, respectively.
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Budget 2026 impact: The Sensex and the Nifty crashed over 3 per cent each from the respective day's high after FM proposed to hike STT on F&O trading. RIL and SBI were the major laggards.
Q3FY26 company results: Firms including Power Grid Corporation of India, Bajaj Auto, Bank of Baroda, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care are also to release their October-December earnings today
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Power giant NTPC has prepared a roadmap to have an installed capacity of 244 gigawatts (GW) by 2037 that the company said will require a capex of Rs 7 lakh crore. Under the Ministry of Power, NTPC is the largest power generation company in India catering to the country's one-fourth electricity demand alone through conventional and green sources. On Wednesday, NTPC's operational capacity of over 85,000 MW at group-level, with addition of 359.58 MW through various solar projects of its subsidiaries in Gujarat and Rajasthan. CMD Gurdeep Singh has shared growth and expansion plans of the company in a lenders' meet, NTPC statement said on Thursday. NTPC said it has 32 GW of capacity under various stages of construction, and the company set an ambitious target to scale up to 149 GW by 2032, and further to 244 GW by 2037, NTPC. The roadmap envisages a capital expenditure of approximately Rs 7 lakh crore, with expansion plans across energy storage systems, pumped storage projects, nuclear
The reforms introduced under SHANTI, passed by Parliament on December 17, Elara believes, address critical investment barriers and align India with global standards
Elara prefers regulated public-sector utilities such as NTPC and Power Grid Corporation, citing assured returns from regulated assets and a strong capacity-addition pipeline
According to MOFSL, the proposed 5-10 mt/annum coal-to-SNG plant marks a strategic pivot that may improve PLFs, boost energy security, and potentially create new revenue streams.
The state-run power giant aims to produce up to 10 million tonnes of synthetic gas annually at $10-$12 per mmBtu, while also expanding its nuclear energy capacity to 30 GW by 2047
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