Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has declared the result

Power Finance Corporation made 14.07% to Rs 199.85 after its quarterly net earnings soared 103.18%. The company announced its quarterly results during the market hours today, 16 July 2007.

Today, the intraday peak of the scrip was Rs 199.90, and an intrady low of Rs 177. It has has its 52-week low of Rs 101 on 3 April 2007.

After reporting an increase of 26.93% in net profit in Q1 June 2007,  Chennai Petroleum Corporation came up 4.32% to Rs 296.95 in afternoon trading. The company declared the quarterly results during the market hours.

At the same time, the BSE 30-share Sensex was up 190.68 points, or 1.27%, to 15,099.

New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL (India) and Apollo Tyres has signed up a contract for making power from steam.

According to the company release, GAIL will supply steam from its Vaghodia Compressor Station (near Vadodara) to Apollo Tyres that would produce power for it.

New Delhi: The government is thinking over ways such as increasing petrol and diesel prices for coping with the surge in worldwide crude oil rates, which have resulted in oil companies losing Rs 170 crore a day.
According to the official sources that an increase of Rs 2 in petrol and a Re 1 in diesel prices is being mooted as Indian basket of crude oil passed over $69 a barrel mark.
Public sector oil companies are receding more than Rs 5.3 a litre on petrol and Rs 4.40 on diesel as Indian basket of crude oil has climbed 12 per cent since February 15, when petrol and diesel prices were down by Rs 2 and Re 1 a litre correspondingly.

In early trade, Steel Authority of India was trading nearly flat at Rs 133.10 after it signed up an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Manganese Ore India to form a joint venture to manufacture ferro-manganese and silico-manganese.
During the day, the scrip touched a high of Rs 134 and a low of Rs 132.70. The scrip has had its 52-week high of Rs 149.95 on 28 May 2007 and a 52-week low of Rs 64.25 on 24 July 2006.