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Crompton Greaves soars as board approves share buyback

The company will buyback equity shares at a price not exceeding Rs 125 per share, upto an amount of Rs 266 crore.

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SI Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Jun 28 2013 | 1:45 PM IST
Crompton Greaves has rallied 9% to Rs 87 after its board approved the buyback of the company’s equity shares at a maximum price of Rs 125 per share via open market.

The company will be buyback equity shares up to an amount of Rs 266 crore, Crompton Greaves said in a statement.

Currently, the promoters held 41.69% stake in the heavy electrical equipment maker. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) having 24.25% stake, foreign institutional investors held 14.85% holding, while the remaining 19.21% stake are with the individual public shareholders and others.

The stock opened at Rs 82 and touched high of Rs 89 on BSE. A combined 8.83 million shares have changed hands on the counter so far against an average less than 2 million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.

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First Published: Jun 28 2013 | 1:43 PM IST

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