ONGC: Coronavirus-led pressure on oil prices pulls down stock to 15-yr low

Concerns post a weak Q3 due to declining volumes and realisations coupled with government's stake sale plan were already weighing on investor sentiment

Ujjval Jauhari 

Shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which were already on a declining trajectory having fallen 44 per cent since May highs, fell to a 15-year low on Tuesday.

Concerns over decline in crude demand led by the spread of coronavirus and in turn fall in oil prices have further weakened Street sentiment, which had remained soft post the domestic oil and gas producing major’s muted December quarter (Q3) performance. The December quarter had seen ONGC’s standalone revenues decline 14 per cent and net profit almost halve, on a year-on-year basis, due to weak crude and ...

First Published: Tue, February 18 2020. 19:45 IST