Radhakishan Damani offloads 1.7% stake in VST Industries, takes home Rs 107 crore

Radhakishan Damani offloads 1.7% stake in VST Industries, takes home Rs 107 crore

Radhakishan Damani, through his entity Derive Trading, on Wednesday offloaded a partial stake in tobacco company VST Industries through bulk deals. According to exchange data, Damani sold about 2.62 lakh shares or about 1.7% stake in the company at Rs 4,102 apiece. This takes the transaction value to Rs 107 crore. According to the latest … Read more

Timken India’s foreign promoters eye 6.6% stake sale via block deals

Timken India’s foreign promoters eye 6.6% stake sale via block deals

Foreign promoters of Timken India are likely to sell 6.6% of stakes in the company through block deals on Tuesday, according to a term sheet issued by BofA Securities India. The term sheet indicates that the floor price has been set at Rs 3,550 per share, which is a 10.2% discount to Monday’s closing price … Read more

Mankind Pharma stock falls 3% as PE investors likely sell 1.3 crore shares

Mankind Pharma stock falls 3% as PE investors likely sell 1.3 crore shares

Shares of Mankind Pharma on Tuesday fell up to 3.2% to the day’s low of Rs 2,141.50 on BSE after PE investors likely sold 3.2% equity in the company or about 1.3 crore shares in block deals worth around Rs 2,700 crore. PE firm ChrysCapital’s affiliate entity Beige Ltd was reported to have issued a … Read more

Despite promoter stake sale, these 7 stocks clocked double-digit gains in 2 months

Despite promoter stake sale, these 7 stocks clocked double-digit gains in 2 months

The quarter gone by saw promoters of several companies offload shares in the open market, with atleast 28 of them seeing the holding fall by more than 100 basis points sequentially. Even after this selling, some of the stocks have managed to give double-digit returns in just two months. ETMarkets scanned through the quarterly shareholding … Read more

Anil Agarwal joins hands with Centricus for $10 bn fund to participate in PSU divestments

Anil Agarwal joins hands with Centricus for  bn fund to participate in PSU divestments

NEW DELHI: Metals and mining magnate Anil Agarwal on Friday announced teaming up with London-based firm Centricus to create a USD 10-billion fund that will invest in stake sale of public sector undertakings. Centricus is a global investment firm. Agarwal, who is the executive chairman of Vedanta Resources said in a tweet, “Teamed up with … Read more

Government raises Rs 770 cr from Bharat Dynamics stake sale

Government raises Rs 770 cr from Bharat Dynamics stake sale

The government has raised Rs 770 crore from stake sale of ammunition and missile systems manufacturer Bharat Dynamics Ltd through an offer for sale, which concluded on Wednesday. “BDL OFS concluded today with a total subscription of about 2.34 crore shares worth Rs 770 crore from institutional and retail investors,” secretary of department of investment … Read more

Axis Bank proposes to acquire 17% equity share in Max Life; says both parties executed agreements

Axis Bank proposes to acquire 17% equity share in Max Life; says both parties executed agreements

Earlier this year, the board of Axis Bank had approved the purchase of an additional 29% stake in Max Life Insurance which could have taken the private lender’s total stake in the insurer to 30%. Axis Bank today proposed to acquire just over 17 per cent of the equity share capital of Max Life, which … Read more