GAIL soars on getting NCLT`s nod for resolution plan for JBF Petrochemicals
GAIL (India) is currently trading at Rs. 110.30, up by 0.30 points or 0.27% from its previous closing of Rs. 110.00 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 111.15 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 111.45 and Rs. 109.70 respectively. So far 534792 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 115.69 on 19-Apr-2022 and a 52 week low of Rs. 83.00 on 26-Sep-2022.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 112.45 and Rs. 107.75 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 72260.35 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 51.91%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 41.92% and 6.17% respectively.
GAIL (India) has received an approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for its Rs 2,079 crore resolution plan for JBF Petrochemicals, which owed Rs 7,918 crore to a consortium led by IDBI Bank. The other secured lenders of the company are Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Exim Bank and Indian Overseas Bank, among others.
JBF Petrochemicals, a subsidiary of polyester producer JBF Industries, was set up in September 2008 to operate a planned 1.25 million tonnes per year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Mangalore, Karnataka. The plant, which is a backward integration project for JBF Industries' polyester plants, was commissioned in 2017 but stopped operations after the company defaulted on its loans in the same year.
On February 1, 2022, JBF Petrochemicals' lenders, led by IDBI Bank, decided to initiate insolvency proceedings for the company and appointed Sundaresh Bhat as the Resolution Professional.
GAIL (India) is India’s leading natural gas company with diversified interests across the natural gas value chain of trading, transmission, LPG production & transmission, LNG regasification, petrochemicals, city gas, E&P, etc.