HPCL Shares Trading 1.3% Higher, BSE Sensex Slides To 80,589.96

At 11:51 AM, HPCL shares were trading 1.3 per cent higher at ₹402.05 per share on the BSE. The BSE Sensex was down 0.06 per cent at 80,589.96.

Shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation gained 2 percent in trade, logging an intraday high at ₹405 per share on BSE.

The market capitalisation of the company stood at ₹85,549.10 crore. The 52-week high of the stock was at ₹457.20 per share and the 52-week low of the stock was at ₹287.55 per share.

The state-run refiner posted its Q4 results on Tuesday after market hours. Its standalone net profit in the fourth quarter increased 11 per cent to ₹3,354.98 crore as compared to ₹3,022.9 in Q3FY25.

The demand for the stock came after the company announced Q4 results along with a dividend.

The company's average gross refining margin - the profit from making refined products from one barrel of oil - rose to $8.44 per barrel for the reported quarter from $6.95 per barrel a year ago.

HPCL's marketing segment posted a 2.7 per cent growth in domestic sales, surpassing the industry average of 2.4 per cent, HPCL said in a statement.

In the past one year, HPCL shares have gained 15 per cent as against Sensex's rise of 9.6 per cent.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian public sector oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company owns and operates two major refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels and specialties, one in Mumbai (West Coast) of 7.5 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) capacity and the other in Visakhapatnam, (East Coast) with a capacity of 8.3 MMTPA.

The company wishes to navigate the evolving energy landscape and is set to leverage its "robust infrastructure and market position", the filing read.

For financial year 2024-25, the company's board recommended a final dividend of ₹10.5 per share on face value of equity shares of ₹10 each . The record date for eligible shareholders is set as August 14, 2025.