Advanta trades with traction after UPL hikes stake in the company

25 Feb 2015 Evaluate

Advanta is currently trading at Rs. 429.00, up by 14.55 points or 3.51% from its previous closing of Rs. 414.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 418.55 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 442.80 and Rs. 412.65 respectively. So far 49744 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 442.80 on 25-Feb-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 107.30 on 25-Feb-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 442.80 and Rs. 361.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 3666.35 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 66.17%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.09% and 9.74% respectively.

Advanta’s promoter United Phosphorus (UPL) has hiked stake in the company through open market. UPL has acquired 1.85 million equity shares representing 2.19% of total equity of the company from open market since September 2014 till February 19, 2015.

Post acquisition, UPL’s stake in Advanta increased to 51.97% from 49.78% earlier. Meanwhile, in past one-and-half month, UPL purchased 1.12 million or 1.33% stake in Advanta, the company engaged in agricultural products business.

Advanta is engaged in providing crop solution for crops like rice, sunflower, maize, millets and mustard. It has research and development centres are located in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vapi, Sonepat and Katraine.

 

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