Shares of sugar companies were on a roll at the bourses, on Monday, with Bajaj Hindustan, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries, Dhampur Sugar Mills, Avadh Sugar & Energy, Uttam Sugar Mills and Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries rallying between 15 per cent and 20 per cent, in an otherwise weak market, on healthy outlook.
Triveni Engineering & Industries, EID Parry, Shree Renuka Sugars and Balrampur Chini Mills gained in the range of 10 per cent to 12 per cent. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.61 per cent at 48,484 points, at 02:03 pm.
Most of the brokerages have positive stance on India’s sugar industry as it is well poised to benefit from global and domestic factors. Lower output from countries like Brazil, Thailand and the EU would keep supplies tight and global prices firm, enabling India to increase exports. On the domestic front, favorable policies, rising ethanol demand (blending target of 20 per cent by CY25 from 8 per cent currently), aggressive ethanol capacity additio