Stake purchase by Blackstone powers MCX

11 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is currently trading at Rs 983.90, up by 13.80 points or 1.42% from its previous closing of Rs 970.10on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 965.00and has touched a high and low of Rs  993.45 and Rs 960.00 respectively. So far 63,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 1,617.00 on 13-Nov-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs 838.00 on 31-May-12.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 1072.05 and Rs 959.75 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 5017 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 26.00% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 55.67% and 18.33% respectively.

Merrill Lynch has sold nearly 2% stake in the country’s premier commodity bourse, Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) for about Rs 104 crore. Private equity giant Blackstone picked up the shares sold by Merrill Lynch Holdings (Mauritius) through open market transaction.

The private equity firm, through its entity Blackstone GPV Capital Partners Mauritius VI FII, purchased 10.19 lakh shares amounting to 1.99% stake in MCX. The scrips were purchased on an average price of Rs 1,020 valuing the deal size to Rs 104.03 crore.

Merrill Lynch Holdings (Mauritius), as of December quarter, held 24.42 lakh shares representing 4.79% stake in MCX.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India is the leading commodities exchange in India based on value of commodity futures contracts traded.

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