Shares of Mahanagar Gas Ltd. and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. fell after the government reduced their allocation of cheaper domestically produced Administrative Price Mechanism natural gas.
Mahanagar Gas shares fell over 6% and Indraprastha Gas shares were down nearly 4%.
Other gas companies like GAIL (India) Ltd., Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. and Gujarat Gas Ltd. also saw their stocks fall over 1%.
The reduction in gas allocation is in line with policy guidelines and could increase procurement costs and put pressure on margins for city gas distribution companies.