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IDFC falls as RBI bars fresh FII buying

The company has advised all the custodian banks to not make any further purchases on behalf of their FIIs & NRI clients with immediate effect.

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SI Reporter Mumbai
IDFC has plunged 5% to Rs 99 on BSE after the company has advised all the custodian banks to not make any further purchases through secondary markets on behalf of their foreign institutional investors (FIIs) & non-resident Indians (NRI) clients with immediate effect.

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it has notified the decrease in FII limit in infrastructure finance company to 54% from 74% after a resolution passed by the company’s board of directors and a special resolution by shareholders to that effect.

“The current foreign shareholding in IDFC is 53.71%, hence the company has advised all the custodian banks vide its email dated August 26, 2013 to not make any further purchases through secondary markets on behalf of their Fll & NRI clients with immediate effect,” IDFC said in a regulatory filing.

The stock opened at Rs 105 and has seen a combined 6.29 million shares changing hands on the counter till noon deals on BSE and NSE.
 
 

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First Published: Aug 26 2013 | 12:03 PM IST

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