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$2.7 bn shaved off PC Jeweller m-cap after promoter gifts shares to family

The stock has plunged 75 per cent from a record on January 19, taking its market capitalization to Rs 58.3 billion

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Swansy Afonso and Santanu Chakraborty | Bloomberg
An Indian jeweller that saw its market worth reach $3.6 billion at the start of the year is now floundering at about a quarter of that value after one of its founders gifted some shares to family members, raising concern about the company’s governance.

PC Jeweller Ltd. slumped by about half after the company said last week that one of its founders P.C. Gupta made the gifts through off-market transactions. The stock has plunged 75 per cent from a record on January 19, taking its market capitalization to Rs 58.3 billion ($873 million). It climbed 21 per cent to Rs 146.85

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