Reliance Industries Shares Slump on Disappointing Profits Amid Concerns Over Key Businesses
Shares of Reliance Industries (RELI.NS), India’s largest company by market capitalization, experienced a significant setback on Monday as the conglomerate reported a larger-than-expected drop in profit, leading to a nearly 3% decline. This comes on the back of a 3.1% slide in the stock on Friday, just before the release of the financial results. Earlier this month, the stock had rallied over 13%, reaching a record high before the demerger of Jio Financial Services last Thursday. The recent stock performance has raised concerns about the company’s flagship oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business, which had experienced record-high refining margins last year due to the surge in fuel demand following the post-pandemic recovery.