Bharat Petroleum Corporation Shares Fall 5% After Govt receives EoI for divestment

Published On: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | By: Team KnowMyStock

Shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) declined 5 per cent to ₹ 392.35 apiece on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Tuesday after the government said it received multiple bids for privatisation of the country's second-largest fuel retailer. In the past one-month oil marketing company BPCL share has surged 27 per cent. The sale is crucial for the government in order to meet its disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 trillion for the current fiscal year. The government has not revealed the number of bidders. The transaction advisors for the sale of government 52.98 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum which is worth ₹ 47,430 crores have reported receiving "multiple expressions of interest", Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. Strategic disinvestment of BPCL progresses, Now moves to the second stage after multiple expressions of interest have been received," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Twitter.

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