Ceat surges as Jwalamukhi Investment buys additional stake in the company

23 Mar 2017 Evaluate

Ceat is currently trading at Rs. 1309.45, up by 21.00 points or 1.63% from its previous closing of Rs. 1288.45 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1303.95 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1320.00 and Rs. 1301.55 respectively. So far 48109 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1422.00 on 06-Oct-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 731.20 on 24-Jun-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1320.00 and Rs. 1237.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 5293.70 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 50.76%, while institutions and non-institutions held 32.93% and 16.29% respectively.

Jwalamukhi Investment Holdings, an investment arm of private equity firm Westbridge Capital, has bought additional 3.54 per cent stake in tyre maker Ceat for Rs 185 crore. The shares were bought from Kotak Mahindra (International), which has exited the company through the open market transaction.

Jwalamukhi Investment has picked up 14,32,897 shares of Ceat on an average price of Rs 1,290.35, valuing the transaction at Rs 184.89 crore.

As of December quarter, Jwalamukhi Investment held 4.5 per cent stake in Ceat, while Kotak Mahindra owned 3.54 per cent holding in the tyre company.

Ceat is among the best tyre manufacturers in India. It manufactures a wide range of tyres for two-wheelers, three-wheelers, four-wheelers, tractors and tippers and trucks. Besides tyres, the company also manufactures and markets tubes and flaps.

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