RBI allows foreign investors to buy PNB shares

11 Jul 2016 Evaluate

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the almost seven year old restriction on fresh purchase of shares of Punjab National Bank (PNB) by foreign investors. The central bank has notified that the aggregate foreign share holdings by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors (RFPIs)/Non Resident Indian (NRI)/Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)/American Depository Receipts (ADR)/Global Depository Receipts (GDR) under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) in Punjab National Bank have gone below the prescribed threshold caution limit stipulated under the extant FDI policy. Accordingly, the restrictions placed on the purchase of shares of the bank are withdrawn with immediate effect.

The bank has reported a net loss of Rs 5367.14 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 as compared to net profit of Rs 306.56 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the bank has decreased by 1.33% at Rs 13276.19 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 13455.65 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

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