Financial Technologies (India) (FTIL) has locked in upper circuit for second straight day, up 10% at Rs 332 on BSE, extending its past two days rally, after the company on Monday announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell its 15% stake in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) to Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs 459 crore.
Post completion of the above said transaction, the FTIL shareholding in MCX will come down to 5%, which is also under lock-in till March 07, 2015.
Earlier this month, it had sold 6% stake in MCX in two rounds for about Rs 220 crore, bringing down its shareholding to 20%.
Post stake sale, the stock has rallied 25% from Rs 267 on July 18, compared to 2% rise in benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. At 1250 hours, a combined 5.16 million shares changed hands and there are pending buy orders for around 140,000 shares on BSE and NSE.
Meanwhile, the Economic Times report suggests that the company is planning to sell its entire 24.89% stake in power-trading platform Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and has appointed Axis Capital to look for a buyer.
On news report FTIL has clarified that the company would like to exit from exchanges businesses. Accordingly, the process of divestment in exchanges is been evaluated considering all options including through IPO.
Post completion of the above said transaction, the FTIL shareholding in MCX will come down to 5%, which is also under lock-in till March 07, 2015.
Earlier this month, it had sold 6% stake in MCX in two rounds for about Rs 220 crore, bringing down its shareholding to 20%.
Post stake sale, the stock has rallied 25% from Rs 267 on July 18, compared to 2% rise in benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. At 1250 hours, a combined 5.16 million shares changed hands and there are pending buy orders for around 140,000 shares on BSE and NSE.
Meanwhile, the Economic Times report suggests that the company is planning to sell its entire 24.89% stake in power-trading platform Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and has appointed Axis Capital to look for a buyer.
On news report FTIL has clarified that the company would like to exit from exchanges businesses. Accordingly, the process of divestment in exchanges is been evaluated considering all options including through IPO.