The shares were purchased by foreign investors, including Copthall Mauritius Investment Ltd, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Espana, HSBC Global Investment Funds Mauritius Ltd and Swiss Finance Corporation (Mauritius) Ltd through open market transactions on the stock exchanges.
Indiabulls Employees Welfare Trust, which held 2.48 crore shares, or 7.94% stake, in Indiabulls Financial Services at the end of December quarter, sold 2.40 crore shares of the non-banking finance company.
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The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 284, valuing the deal to Rs 682 crore.
Merrill Lynch picked up 31.93 lakh shares of Indiabulls Financial Services, HSBC Global purchased 31.01 lakh shares, Copthall bought 24.93 lakh scrips and Swiss Finance acquired 24.93 lakh shares.
At the BSE, shares of Indiabulls Financial Services slumped 4.53% to settle at Rs 284.30 apiece.
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