Shares of ICICI Bank rose 3.11 per cent to Rs 375.25 on the BSE on Monday after the bank sold 1.5 per cent stake in its life insurance arm ICICI Prudential Life for Rs 840 crore.
In a statement to the exchanges, the bank said that purusant to the board's approval, "the Bank has today divested 21,500,000 equity shares of face value of Rs. 10 each of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, representing 1.50% of its equity share capital at March 31, 2020, on the stock exchange for an approximate total consideration of Rs. 8.40 billion." READ