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The promoter group of Reliance Industries Ltd increased shareholding by nearly 0.5 percentage points during the June quarter through market purchases, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the country's most valuable company. Regulatory shareholding data showed the promoter and promoter group raised their stake to 50.48 per cent at the end of the June quarter from about 50 per cent three months earlier. The purchases were made within the limits permitted under the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) creeping acquisition regulations, which allow promoters to gradually increase ownership without triggering a mandatory open offer, subject to prescribed thresholds. Market analysts believe market purchases by the promoter group would have cost Rs 8,500-9,000 crore. Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani, his wife and three children -- Isha, Akash and Anant -- hold 1.61 crore shares, or 0.12 per cent stake, each in Reliance, according to the latest shareholding filing by the ...