The key trigger to watch out is
Reliance AGM and see if there are specific announcements related to its oil-to-chemicals business, says Sushil Choksey of Indus Equity Advisors. Edited excerpts from an interview:
What do you make of the big up move in Reliance shares in a matter of two days? What did we miss out over there?
RIL share prices peaked out around September-October and was underperforming. Within 14,300 to the current range, Nifty might have moved 2-3 times but Reliance kept sliding from the peak by almost Rs 350.
Now look at the triggers for the stock. Its petrochemical business is a play on the consumption story in India. O2C business is also a play on the consumer side. Globally, fuel demand is on the rise and refineries in the US are facing disruption.
Oil-to-telecom conglomerate
Reliance Industries contributed to most of the gains in benchmark index Sensex on Friday as it ended the day at Rs 2,094.90, up 5.9% on BSE. Sushil Choksey of Indus Equity Advisors decodes factors behind the rally in RIL stock. Edited excerpts:
Was today s rally in Reliance shares surprising? What were the triggers?
Reliance was underperforming since the last quarter. Nifty has gone up by almost 700-800 points since then. RIL has the highest weightage in Nifty. The prices of petrochemical products might be at a decade high now. The prices of polymer has also gone up. There were some reports by some foreign brokerage houses this morning related to this.
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There are near term challenges for
Reliance Retail, but had the situation been a normal one the company would have been back to its way of delivering stronger numbers, says Tarun Lakhotia, Director - Equity Research, Kotak Institutional Equities. Edited excerpts from his interview.
What are your observations on Reliance s retail and O2C business performance?
O2C segment s EBITDA seems to be on the recovery path. Volumes and margins would have been higher in this quarter if you look at global margins for both refining and petrochemical segments. For petrochemicals, it has been fairly robust in the last few months. It is expected to continue in the coming few months as well. So that should hold up well despite may be some challenges which we may see in the domestic markets from the second wave.
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