Bharti Airtel trades in green on the bourse

05 Feb 2018 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs. 441.70, up by 19.90 points or 4.72% from its previous closing of Rs. 421.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 418.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 442.90 and Rs. 411.80 respectively. So far 2,98,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 565.00 on 03-Nov-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 325.50 on 22-Mar-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 450.75 and Rs. 411.80 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 176345.31 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 67.14%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.88% and 1.99% respectively.

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), Asia’s leading communications and ICT solutions group and a long term partner of Bharti Airtel, will invest Rs 2,649 crore in Bharti Telecom, the promoter company of Bharti Airtel through preferential allotment of shares. The transaction is subject to the shareholders’ approval of Bharti Telecom. The funds raised will be used towards debt reduction.

With this investment, Singtel’s total stake (along with its affiliates) in Bharti Telecom will increase to 48.90%. Singtel currently holds 47.17% stake in Bharti Telecom. Bharti Enterprises continues to hold over 50% stake in Bharti Telecom.

The fresh round of investment highlights the confidence of Singtel in Airtel, and the increased attractiveness of the Indian telecoms sector following the recent consolidation. The investment comes within 23 months of Singtel’s participation in Bharti Telecom’s Right Issue of Rs 2,500 crore, which was completed in February 2016.

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa.


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