Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

Apollo Hospitals is currently trading at Rs. 631.50, up by 5.30 points or 0.85% from its previous closing of Rs. 626.20 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 623.45 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 637.85 and Rs. 611.00 respectively. So far 5826 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 716.90 on 05-Dec-2011 and a 52 week low of Rs. 432.30 on 24-Jun-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 661.95 and Rs. 611.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 8433.07 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 33.10% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.44% and 31.15% respectively.

Apollo Hospitals’ promoter Sucharita Reddy has reportedly sold 3.86 lakh shares to a promoter group entity -- PCR Investments -- for about Rs 25 crore. This was acquired through the open market.

Post acquisition, PCR Investments holds 2,00,75,124 shares in the company at 14.93 percent, up from 14.64 percent held earlier.

Recently, US-based private equity firm Apax Partners sold its entire 12.67 percent stake in the leading hospitals and pharmacy chain operator Apollo Hospitals Enterprise for Rs 1,034 crore.

Apollo Hospitals, is the leading private sector healthcare provider in Asia and owns and manages a network of speciality hospitals and clinics, a chain of Pharmacy retail outlets across the country, and provides Consultancy Services for commissioning and managing the Speciality Hospitals.