• Indian Oil second quarter net profit down 83% to Rs 563 crore

    Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest fuel retailer, today posted an 83 per cent dip in net profit at Rs 563 crore for the second quarter ended September on the back of decreased revenue and fall in gross refinery margins.

    The company had posted a net profit of Rs 3,247 crore for the corresponding quarter ended September 2018.

    IOC’s revenue from operations declined 13 per cent to Rs 1,32,376 crore during the September quarter.

    The fuel retailer’s gross refining margin dropped to $2.96 per barrel for the first six months (April-September) of 2019, as compared to $8.45 per barrel posted in the corresponding period a year ago.

    Its refinery throughput declined marginally to 17.53 million tonnes (MT) in the second quarter of the current financial year from 17.81 MT posted in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

    Domestic sales in the second quarter increased marginally to 20.17 MT, as compared to 19.82 MT posted in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.

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