Max India trades higher on the bourses

24 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Max India is currently trading at Rs. 199.85, up by 2.20 points or 1.11% from its previous closing of Rs. 197.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 200.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 204.15 and Rs. 196.00 respectively. So far 160078 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 214.75 on 20-Sep-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 140.10 on 30-Dec-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 205.50 and Rs. 190.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5282.12 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 37.03% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 52.78% and 10.19% respectively.

In a bid to exit its non-core business, Insurance and hospitals group Max India is reportedly planning to sell its polypropylene business for an enterprise worth of about Rs 800 crore. In this regard, the company is in advanced negotiations with at least two overseas firms in Europe and the United States

The transaction is expected to close sometime this quarter. The polypropylene business is expected to have contributed about Rs 700 crore in revenue in the year ended March 31.

Recently, the company sold 26% stake in its life insurance venture to Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. for Rs 2,700 crore or $580 million.

Max India is a multi-business enterprise. The company has business interest in area of life insurance, healthcare and clinical research. Max India holds 91% equity stake in Max Healthcare Institute.

Max Financial Share Price

992.00 3.95 (0.40%)
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Peers
Company Name CMP
Max Financial 992.00
Delphi World Money 198.00
SBFC Finance 86.00
Anand Rathi Wealth 3992.80
Prudent Corporate 1871.45
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