Adani Ports surges on completing acquisition of Dighi Port

17 Feb 2021 Evaluate

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is currently trading at Rs. 665.85, up by 29.30 points or 4.60% from its previous closing of Rs. 636.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 659.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 670.00 and Rs. 647.30 respectively. So far 128913 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 670.00 on 17-Feb-2021 and a 52 week low of Rs. 203.40 on 23-Mar-2020.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 670.00 and Rs. 566.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 129331.16 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 63.74%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 33.50% and 2.76% respectively.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has completed the acquisition of 100% stake of Dighi Port (DPL) for Rs 705 crore on February 15, 2021. DPL, the 12th port to join APSEZ’s string of economic gateways across the eastern and western coast of India would establish the company’s footprint in Maharashtra, the largest contributor to India’s GDP. This would enable APSEZ to service customers in Maharashtra which includes the highly industrial areas and development in the Mumbai & Pune regions.

APSEZ plans to invest over Rs 10,000 crore to develop the port into a multi-cargo port with world class infrastructure as well as investing in the development of rail & road evacuation infrastructure for seamless and efficient cargo movement. The company will strengthen and repair existing infrastructure and invest in development of facilities for dry, container, and liquid cargo.

DPL will evolve as an alternative gateway to JNPT and will invite and support the development of port-based industries on port land. The development of DPL will lead to further investments across various industries such as consumer appliances, metals, energy, petrochemicals, and chemicals business in Maharashtra and provide a tremendous fillip to the industrial development and growth in Maharashtra. These investments will contribute to employment generation and socio-economic development of the port's hinterland.

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), a part of globally diversified Adani Group, is the largest integrated logistics player in India.

Adani Ports &Special Share Price

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