Reliance Defence beefs up after plans to approve rights issue

Reliance Defence and Engineering rose 1.79% to Rs 68.40 at 10:25 IST on BSE after the company said its board meets on 11 April 2017, to consider to revalidate and approve rights issue of upto Rs 1200 crore.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 5 April 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 86.22 points, or 0.29%, to 29,888.02. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was down 19.05 points or 0.13% to 14,236.50.

On the BSE, 3.56 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far, compared with average daily volumes of 6.55 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 69.50 and a low of Rs 66.80 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 72.85 on 1 August 2016. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 48.40 on 22 November 2016. It had outperformed the market over the past one month till 5 April 2017, advancing 11.54% compared with the Sensex's 3.96% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market over the past one quarter, gaining 20.32% as against the Sensex's 11.52% rise.

The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 736.21 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.

Reliance Defence said that the rights issue was earlier approved at the board meeting held on 22 April 2016.

The company's board will also announce company's Q4 results on 11 April 2017.

Reliance Defence & Engineering reported net loss of Rs 132.71 crore in Q3 December 2016 as against net loss of Rs 293.60 crore in Q3 December 2015. Net sales rose 142.8% to Rs 120.94 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Reliance Defence and Engineering (RDEL) has a large ship building/repair infrastructure in India. It has one of the largest dry dock in the world.

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