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No holding back: FPIs sweeten the pot for Equitas SFB and Sona BLW

Highest increase in holding by FPIs in the March quarter

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Sundar Sethuraman

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Equitas Small Finance Bank, or SFB and Sona BLW Precision Forgings saw the highest increase in holding by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in percentage terms during the 2022-23 January-March quarter.

In March, Vanguard and Norwegian Norges Bank picked up stake in Equitas SFB. Meanwhile, FPIs picked up a large portion of the 20.5 per cent stake divested by private equity major Blackstone in Sona BLW.

Overseas investors slashed their stake by most in PVR, Pricol, and Dixon Technologies (India), reveals an analysis by PRIME Infobase.

Share prices of six of the 10 companies which saw the highest reduction in FPI stake fell more

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