United Spirits (USL) has dipped 5% to Rs 942, extending its previous day’s 2.5% fall in otherwise firm market after the Vijay Mallya-promoted company denied the stake sale in Whyte & Mackay.
“The company has clarified to BSE that the news item forwarded contains speculative information and it would not be appropriate for the Company to comment on market rumours,” USL said in a filing.
According to reports “USL which is under debt of Rs 8,600 crore, planning to offload 49% stake in the flagship subsidiary Whyte & Mackay.”
The UK-based Diageo plc is expected to pick up to 27% stake in liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s USL for a total amount of Rs 3,000 crore ($640 million), reports suggest.
The stock opened at Rs 1,000 and hit a high of Rs 1,006 on the National Stock Exchange. A combined 2.04 million shares have changed hands on the counter so far on both the exchanges.
