Wipro is currently trading at Rs. 263.00, up by 4.05 points or 1.56% from its previous closing of Rs. 258.95 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 261.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 263.60 and Rs. 259.30 respectively. So far 92350 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 297.00 on 25-Feb-2019 and a 52 week low of Rs. 190.13 on 06-Jun-2018.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 264.05 and Rs. 254.35 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 158179.62 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 74.29%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 15.08% and 8.35% respectively.
The government has sold enemy shares worth around Rs 1,150 crore in Wipro to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and two other state-owned insurers. The Custodian of Enemy Property for India offloaded more than 4.43 crore shares of the company at a price of Rs 258.90 apiece. Apart from LIC, General Insurance Corporation and the New India Assurance Corporation have bought the shares.
Wipro is a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services. The company harnesses the power of cognitive computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics and emerging technologies to help clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful.