Karnataka Bank has also issued a statement to the exchanges that it denied the news of its merger with any other bank.
"Shri Ananthakrishna, Non-Executive Chairman, when contacted by the Newspaper, has denied the rumour of merger of the Bank and the same has been reported in the news paper. We once again deny merger rumour with any Bank as reported in the newspaper,” Karnataka Bank said in a BSE filing.
Karnataka Bank however, is trading lower by around 2% at Rs 153, falling 4.4% from intra-day high of Rs 160 on BSE.
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