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Zee Entertainment slides 10% on Rs 522 crore investment in tech arm

The additional investment will be used for operational and financial support, ZEEL said

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ZEE had acquired 80 per cent equity stake in SugarBox in 2017

SI Reporter Mumbai
Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) fell 10 per cent to Rs 135 on the BSE on Monday after the media major invested Rs 522 crore in tech subsidiary Margo Networks, which offers streaming and advertising services under the ‘SugarBox’ brand name. ZEE owns 80 per cent in Margo.

Till 09:34 am, a combined 1.8 million equity shares had changed hands and there were pending sell orders for 330,000 shares on the BSE and NSE. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 1.7 per cent at 30,608 points.

“The Company will invest a sum of Rs

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