Aarti Drugs gains 6% as board to consider buyback on March 19

In the past six months, the stock of Aarti Drugs has underperformed the market by falling 7 per cent as against a 29 per cent rally in the Sensex

Shares of Aarti Drugs were up 6 per cent at Rs 708 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday after the pharmaceutical company said its board will consider share buyback on Friday, March 19.

“A meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled to be held on Friday, March 19, 2021, to consider inter alia, proposal of buyback of the fully paid-up equity shares of the Company including matters related/incidental thereto,” Aarti Drug said in an exchange filing.

The buyback is a corporate action in which a company buys back its shares from the existing shareholders usually at