SAIL among 54 stocks to trade ex-dividend tomorrow. Last chance to buy

SAIL, MCX, Texmaco Rail Engineering and Hindustan Copper among 50 other companies are expected to be in focus today as they have set September 19 as the record date for determining shareholders eligible for dividend payments.

This means today will be the last day to buy the shares of these companies in order to be able to qualify for the dividends announced by them.

SAIL has declared a dividend of Rs 1 per share, while MCX has declared a dividend of Rs 7.64 per share and Hindustan Copper has announced a dividend of Rs 0.92 per share. The board of Texmaco Rail & Engineering had declared a dividend of Rs 0.5 per share.

Dividends are paid to the shareholders who are listed in the company’s records on the record date. For the eligibility of the dividends, shares of the company must be purchased at least one day before the ex-date, as transactions settle the next day.

Investors who purchase the shares on the ex-date do not qualify for dividends.

Here is a list of other stocks, according to the StockEdge data, that will start trading on an ex-dividend basis from Thursday:

ABC India announced a dividend of Rs 0.5 per share.

Alicon Castalloy announced a dividend of Rs 4.5 per share.

Ansal Buildwell has declared a dividend of Re 1 per share.

APL Apollo Tubes has announced a dividend of Rs 5.5 per share.

Apollo Sindoori Hotels has declared a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Balmer Lawrie & Company has announced a dividend of Rs 8.5 per share.

Balmer Lawrie Investments has declared a dividend of Rs 3.8 per share.

BCPL Railway Infrastructure has announced a dividend of Rs 0.7 per share.

Bharat Agri Fert & Realty has declared a dividend of Rs 0.05 per share.

Cell Point (India) has announced a dividend of Rs 0.25 per share.

CyberTech Systems And Software has declared a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Denis Chem Lab has announced a dividend of Rs 2.5 per share.

Entertainment Network (India) has declared a dividend of Rs 1.5 per share.

First Custodian Fund (India) has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Fluidomat has declared a dividend of Rs 5.5 per share.

Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals has announced a dividend of Rs 13.85 per share.

Hinduja Global Solutions has declared a dividend of Rs 7 per share.

HLE Glascoat has declared a dividend of Rs 1.1 per share.

India Gelatine & Chemicals has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Indoco Remedies has declared a dividend of Rs 1.5 per share.

Indo-National has announced a dividend of Rs 5 per share.

Keynote Financial Services has declared a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Kiran Vyapar has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Lux Industries has declared a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers has announced a dividend of Rs 1.5 per share.

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders has declared a dividend of Rs 12.11 per share.

Medicamen Biotech has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Mold-Tek Packaging has declared a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Mold-Tek Technologies has announced a dividend of Rs 1.4 per share.

Munjal Auto Industries has announced a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Neogen Chemicals has declared a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Nikhil Adhesives has announced a dividend of Rs 0.2 per share.

Olectra Greentech has declared a dividend of Rs 0.4 per share.

Oriental Rail Infrastructure has announced a dividend of Rs 0.1 per share.

Poly Medicure has declared a dividend of Rs 3 per share.

PTC India has announced a dividend of Rs 7.8 per share.

Samrat Pharmachem has declared a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Sandu Pharmaceuticals has announced a dividend of Rs 0.8 per share.

Sangam (India) has declared a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Sansera Engineering has announced a dividend of Rs 3 per share.

Shalby has declared a dividend of Rs 1.2 per share.

Shivalik Bimetal Controls has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

Suraj Products has announced a dividend of Rs 2 per share.

Swan Energy has declared a dividend of Rs 0.1 per share.

Systematix Corporate Services has announced a dividend of Re 1 per share.

The Hi-Tech Gears has announced a dividend of Rs 5 per share.

Tirupati Foam has declared a dividend of Rs 1 per share.

TruCap Finance has announced a dividend of Rs 1 per share.

Vadilal Industries has declared a dividend of Rs 1.5 per share.

VR Infraspace has announced a dividend of Rs 0.3 per share.

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