Century Textiles falls 12% on demerger of cement biz into UltraTech Cement

The stock declined 12% to Rs 935, also its 52-week low on the BSE in intra-day trade, after the company said its board approved demerger of cement biz into UltraTech Cement through a share-swap deal.

Shares of Century Textiles have declined 12% to Rs 935 per share, also their 52-week low on the BSE in intra-day trade, after the company said its board approved demerger of cement biz into UltraTech Cement through a share-swap deal.

At 10:53 am; shares of UltraTech Cement were trading 0.41% lower at Rs 3,843 per share after hitting high of Rs 4,021 per share on the BSE in early morning trade. On comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.21% at 34,776 points.

Under the arrangement, Kumar Mangalam Birla-led UltraTech will merge Century Textiles’ 13.4 million cement capacity