Oil refiners’ stocks slump on GRM worries, inventory gains may come off
At 11.15 am, shares of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd were trading 4.82 per cent, 5.09 per cent and 6.61 per cent lower at Rs 398.10, Rs 878.65 and Rs 890, respectively. The BSE Sensex was trading 116 points lower at 27,750.
According to Reuters, April-June results were influenced by inventory gains but a 23 per cent slump in benchmark Brent QTD means less likelihood of such gains in September quarter.
HPCL’s June quarter GRM came at $8.56 per barrel. Indian Oil Corporation and BPCL are due to post earnings in the next few days.