BSE revises circuit limit of 2 IL&FS Group cos, 7 others

To check excessive volatility, leading exchange BSE Thursday tweaked the circuit limit for the shares of two of IL&FS Group companies and seven other firms.

The new limits, effective Friday, will ensure stock prices do not fluctuate beyond a prescribed level during a session.

According to a notice, a circuit limit of 10 per cent each has been fixed for IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company and IL&FS Transportation Networks.

The price band has been revised from their existing levels in the nine scrips with effect from October 5, the BSE said.

IL&FS Engineering settled 20 per cent up on the BSE at Rs 23.02, while IL&FS Transportation closed at Rs 33.60, up 4.51 per cent from the previous close.

Over the last four trading sessions, IL&FS Engineering has surged over 72 per cent and IL&FS Transportation has rallied 49 per cent.

On Wednesday, the exchange had set a circuit limit of 5 per cent for IL&FS Investment Managers.

The government, on Monday, superseded the board of infrastructure conglomerate IL&FS against the backdrop of debt defaults by some of its group entities that triggered fears of liquidity crunch.

As per its latest balance sheet, IL&FS Group has infrastructure and financial assets exceeding Rs 1,15,000 crore and is facing tremendous debt pressure and struggling to service around Rs 91,000 crore in debt.

A price band of 10 per cent has been also fixed for Space Incubatrics Technologies, Corporate Courier and Cargo, RMC Switchgears and Riddhi Steel and Tube.

Besides, a limit of 5 per cent has been set for Bigbloc Construction, Lotus Chocolate Company and 5paisa Capital.

Circuit filter mechanism is used by the BSE to keep in check excessive volatility in a scrip. It is the maximum fluctuation that is allowed in a stock in a day.