Revenues declined by 23.9 % y-o-y to Rs 28362 crs in Q4 09. Decline in revenues is attributable to poor performance across segments. Revenue from Petrochemicals segment declined 31.1% y-o-y to Rs 9724 crs.
Refining segment registered decline in revenue of 24.6% y-o-y to Rs 21631 crs, while revenue from oil&gas segment declined by 11.1% y-o-y to Rs 736 crs.
Asian stocks advanced for the second day, as gains by financial companies countered concern the global recession is hurting earnings. India’s benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index may rise a further 10 percent to 12,300 with investors seeking to buy amid a “market correction” and the outlook for corporate earnings improving, BNP Paribas said.
After volatile session, Indian Stock Markets bounced back smartly. Ending three days of consolidation and range-bound activity, NSE Nifty closed above its 200-day moving average of 3,392. The Sensex hit an intraday high of 11,203 before closing the day at 11,135 up 317 points or 2.93%. The Nifty ended up 2.8% or 93 points higher at 3,424 after hitting a high of 3,439 and low of 3310.
Base metals witnessed range bound trading session and ended the day with negative bias, Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell $150 to $4,390 per tone and metals like Zinc and Nickel also went down sharply.
Chinese buying for stockpiling purposes had helped push copper prices higher this year touching six-month peaks last week but Beijing's State Reserves Bureau may be done buying for now, having breached its target volume and given the current price levels. The global copper market was in a surplus of