Vivimed Labs extends rally on stake buy by investor Ashish Kacholia

The stock rallied 12% to Rs 115 on the NSE in intra-day on Wednesday, extending its Tuesday's 20% surge.

Vivimed Labs extends rally on stake buy by investor Ashish Kacholia
SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Sep 28 2016 | 10:45 AM IST
Vivimed Labs has rallied 12% to Rs 115 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in intra-day on Wednesday, extending its Tuesday’s 20% surge, after investor Ashish Kacholia acquired nearly two percentage point stake in the pharmaceuticals company through open market.

On September 27, Ashish Kacholia purchased 1.37 million equity shares representing 1.7% of total equity of Vivimed Labs at an average price of Rs 90.50 per share, the NSE bulk deal data shows.

RBA Finance & Investment also bought 2.2 million shares or 2.74% stake in the company at price of Rs 90.5 per share.

Nylim Jacob Ballas India Fund III LLC had sold part of its holding via open market. It offloaded 4.88 million shares representing 6% of total equity of Vivimed Labs at an average price of Rs 93.65 per share, data shows. LINK

The name of the other buyers not ascertained.

As per shareholding pattern data as of June 30, 2016, Nylim Jacob Ballas India Fund III LLC held 10.63 million or 13.13% stake in the company.

The stock hit a 52-week high in intra-day trade, rallied 60% from its recent low of Rs 72 touched on September 8.

At 10:16 am, the stock was up 6% at Rs 109 on the NSE. The trading volumes on the counter jumped more than two-fold with a combined 6.88 million shares changed hands on the BSE and NSE so far.
 

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First Published: Sep 28 2016 | 10:18 AM IST

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