Reliance Industries Ltd. has erased virtually $50 billion in market capitalization since its peak in July as probably the most helpful Indian agency struggles with weakening earnings and an financial slowdown.
Shares of the refining-to-retail conglomerate led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani have barely risen this yr, trailing the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index by the widest margin in roughly a decade. Whereas broader Indian markets have come beneath strain in latest months because of a international selloff and earnings development issues, the nation’s key gauges are nonetheless amongst Asia’s greatest performing main markets in 2024.
The majority of the latest drop in Reliance’s shares follows disappointing outcomes final month. The agency’s earnings missed consensus estimates for the sixth straight quarter amid a muted demand setting for its key oils-to-chemicals enterprise.
The corporate provided traders one free share for every held at its annual shareholders’ assembly in August, although it gave no particulars on the much-awaited listings of its telecom and retail items. Its wi-fi service division Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. misplaced subscribers that month after a tariff hike.
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