Shares of
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) fell about 2 percent on Friday after the government once again revised the windfall tax levied on crude oil, diesel and Aviation Turbine Fuel. The cess on domestically produced crude oil has been slashed to Rs 13,000 per tonne from Rs 17,750 per tonne.
“The cess has been reduced to ~US$22/bbl from August 19 in the third review of windfall taxes. This will reduce cess on domestic oil production companies,” said ICICIDirect Research.
At 12:24 am, RIL stock was trading 1.5 percent lower at Rs 2,621.9 on the BSE.
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Further, the conglomerate’s
scrip traded ex-dividend on Thursday, a day ahead of its record date, which would determine eligible shareholders for the payout.
The oil-to-telecom major will pay a dividend of Rs 8 per equity share for the financial year ending on March 2022.
According to JM Financial Institutional Securities, the key expectations from the AGM are around any updates on:
(1) timeline for potential listing of its three key businesses – Jio, Digital and oil to chemicals
(2) potential strategic stake sale in oil to chemicals, retail and new energy business
(3) likely 5G roll-out and monetisation plans.
