Mukesh Ambani group’s flagship company Reliance Industries (RIL) has announced its results for the quarter ended June 2010. It has reported a net profit at Rs. 4851 crore as against Rs. 3,666 crore which shows a clear growth of 33.42 per cent on year-on-year basis. A day after RIL reported its best-ever quarterly profit; it surged over 1 per cent in the early trade on Bombay stock Exchange on Wednesday. According to the data, the turnover achieved for the quarter ended 30th June was 61,007 crore, an increase of 88.1 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year. Every field, be it net profit, exports, turnover, EPS and margin saw an upward trend in the quarter 1 results of Reliance Industries Limited. According to the media reports, exports were higher by 103.5 percent at 32,849 crore as against Rs. 16,145 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Boosted by the healthy June quarter results, shares of the country’s most valued corporate rose 1.44 per cent to touch a high of Rs. 1068.70 on the Bombay Stock Exchange. According to statistics, during the quarter ended 30th June, 2010, the production from KG D6 was 304,349 tonnes of crude oil and 5,376 MMSCM of natural gas. As compared to the corresponding period of the previous year’s results, the production of both crude oil and natural gas grew by 207 percent and 210 percent respectively. Commenting on the quarter 1 results of Reliance Industries Limited, Chairman and Managing Director, RIL, Mukesh Ambani said, “We had yet another record quarter due to high operating rates and improving margins across all our businesses. Reliance embarked on two major initiatives to create incremental value. We entered into joint ventures in shale gas to internationalize and diversify our upstream portfolio. Reliance has also committed itself to participate in the high growth and exciting area of broadband wireless. Both these initiatives are in line with the strategy to identify and invest in new, value creating businesses.”
Reliance Industries Limited posted a 32.3 per cent rise in profit and a whopping 85 percent jump in revenues for the quarter ended 30th June. According to the industry experts, this is the highest ever quarterly result including net profit and revenues reported by RIL and its credit goes to the robust performance of its refining and petrochemical businesses. Research MD at CNI, Kishore Ostwal commented on these RIL results and said, “The company has posted impressive quarter earnings which should be good for the overall market. However, I feel the stock will remain flat in the short-term.”