United Spirits Ltd.

United Spirits is currently trading at Rs 2497.20, up by 75.85 points or 3.13% from its previous closing of Rs 2421.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 2398.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs 2519.40 and Rs. 2383.30 respectively. So far 206276 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 2605.00 on 27-May-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs 697.45 on 30-Jul-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 2519.40 and Rs 2027.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 36273.80 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 25.48% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 52.64% and 21.59% respectively.

Morgan Stanley has acquired additional 11.80 lakh shares in United Spirit via markets/ pledge. Following this acquisition, Morgan Stanley’s stake in the company increased to 5.20% from 4.89%. As on March 31, 2013, the promoters holding in the company stood at 25.48% while institutions and non-institutions held 52.64% and 21.59% stake in the company, respectively.

Recently, Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) has purchased 10,80,142 shares amounting to 0.74% stake, of United Spirits through an open market transaction for Rs 228.79 crore.

United Spirits is the largest spirits company in India and a flagship entity of $2 billion UB group. It manufactures wide range of whisky, vodka, rum and other spirits.