ITC’s Share price Increased by 4% to Be the Market Gainer Among NSE and BSE Firms
The shares of ITC had recently come into the limelight with a huge increase of about 4 percent on this Wednesday. The increase in the company’s shares will add Rs 22, 890.82 crore to its total market value during the stake sale news.
According to the reports from BSE, the stocks of ITC FMCG Company reached Rs 439 with an increase of 8.59% and ended by a maximum of 4.49% at Rs 422.40. On the other hand, NSE’s reports highlighted that the company’s shares jumped by 8.29 percent to Rs 438 for the day and ended at about Rs 422 with a drastic 4.33% gain.
Moreover, the mcap or market capitalization of this FMCG company has gone up to Rs 5,27,217.30 by soaring Rs 22,890.82. With so many hikes, ITC has become the biggest gainer among both the NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex firms. Furthermore, the company traded more than 1lakh shares and 4 lakh shares at BSE and NSE respectively for the entire day.
On the other hand, British Multinational BAT PLC highlighted its plan to sell about a 3.5% stake in the ITC Limited of India to various institutional investors via block trade.
BAT PLC has recently released a statement mentioning that its subsidiary Tobacco Manufacturers Limited in India will sell to a maximum of 43,68,51,457 in different entities of India via a block trading process based on customary closing conditions. According to the closing price of Rs 404.25 for a single share, BAT PLC planned to sell the total Rs 17,659.72 crore share value of ITC.