Reliance Petroleum Fund raising plan

Reliance Petroleum surged 7.26% to Rs 167.60 at 15:06 IST on BSE after the company said it has executed a facility agreement to raise $500 million for the refinery project at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

The stock hit a high of Rs 168 so far during the day. The stock had a 52-week high of Rs 277.55 on 2 January 2008 and a 52-week low of Rs 64.30 on 2 April 2007.

The company’s current equity is Rs 4500 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

Reliance Petroleum (RPL) was incorporated as a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL) in October 2005 to set up a grassroot petroleum refinery and polypropylene (PP) plant in the special economic zone (SEZ) at Jamnagar.