HDFC gains on fund raising plans

HDFC rose 0.08% to Rs 1,132 at 9:50 IST on BSE after the company said that it intends to raise Rs 525 crore through private placement of senior secured redeemable non-convertible debentures.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 9 March 2016.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 99.72 points, or 0.4%, to 24,694.24.

On BSE, so far 4,210 shares were traded in the counter, compared with an average volume of 1.44 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 1,133.50 and a low of Rs 1,124.25 so far during the day. The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 1,385.75 on 24 March 2015. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 1,012 on 25 February 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 9 March 2016, sliding 2.48% compared with 3.22% gains in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 2.04% as against Sensex's 0.97% fall.

The large-cap company has an equity capital of Rs 315.75 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

HDFC said that the coupon rate of debentures is 8.72% per annum with a tenor of 3 years 35 days and having issue price of Rs 1 crore per debenture. The issue opens and closes on the same day on 11 March 2016. The redemption date of debentures is 15 April 2019. The object of the issue is to augment the long-term resources of the company. The proceeds of the issue would be utilized for financing/refinancing the housing finance business requirements of the company.

On a consolidated basis, HDFC reported 11% rise in net profit to Rs 2419 crore on 3% rise in total income to Rs 12306.52 crore in Q3 December 2015 over Q3 December 2014.

HDFC is India's first retail housing finance company and is currently one of the largest originators of housing loans in the country.

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