Crompton Greaves has rallied 13% to Rs 84 after the company announced that its board will consider share buyback proposal.
The stock opened at Rs 74.50 and hit a 52-week low of Rs 71.70 in morning trades on BSE. A combined 5.97 million shares have already changed hands on the counter so far against an average around one million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.
“The board of directors of the company will meet on June 28, 2013 to take decisions with respect to buy-back of the equity shares of the company,” Crompton Greaves said in a regulatory filing.
Currently, the promoters held 41.69% stake in the heavy electrical equipment maker. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) having 24.25% stake, foreign institutional investors held 14.85% holding, while the remaining 19.21% stake are with the individual public shareholders and others.
Meanwhile, the stock has underperformed the market in past one month by falling 27% till yesterday compared to 7% fall in benchmark Sensex.
The stock opened at Rs 74.50 and hit a 52-week low of Rs 71.70 in morning trades on BSE. A combined 5.97 million shares have already changed hands on the counter so far against an average around one million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.
“The board of directors of the company will meet on June 28, 2013 to take decisions with respect to buy-back of the equity shares of the company,” Crompton Greaves said in a regulatory filing.
Currently, the promoters held 41.69% stake in the heavy electrical equipment maker. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) having 24.25% stake, foreign institutional investors held 14.85% holding, while the remaining 19.21% stake are with the individual public shareholders and others.
Meanwhile, the stock has underperformed the market in past one month by falling 27% till yesterday compared to 7% fall in benchmark Sensex.
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