Hyderabad: In a span of five trading sessions, shares of Adani group firms slumped losing more than Rs 7 lakh crore of their combined market capitalisation. The downward spiral began since a host of concerns over the US-based short seller's report.
As the Wednesday's trading closed, all the Adani group companies settled in negative territory with shares of three companies hitting their lowest price band. The worst hit was shares of Adani Enterprises. It nosedived 28.45 per cent to close at Rs 2,128.70 on the BSE.
FPO withdrawn-Adani Enterprises which has offered Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) for Rs 20,000 crore which was fully subscribed on Tuesday was withdrawn late on Wednesday night. The subscription sale sailed through after non-retail investors bid in big volumes while it retail investors and company employees shied away from the share sale which opened on January 24.
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Group stocks fall- Meanwhile, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone went down by 19.69 per cent followed by Ambuja Cements by 16.56 per cent and ACC cements by 6.34 per cent, Adani Total Gas with 10 per cent dip, Adani Green Energy by 5.78 per cent, Adani Wilmar by 4.99 per cent, Adani Wilmar by 4.99 per cent, NDTV by 4.98 per cent, Adani Power by 4.98 per cent and Adani Transmission by 2.46 per cent.
38 per cent decline-Market figures registered a decline of about 38 per cent on par with the market valuation at the end of trading on January 24, the day when Hindenburg Research published its Adani report. The Adani group stocks (including Ambuja, ACC and NDTV) have lost more than Rs 7 lakh crore or about 38 per cent of their combined market cap in the last five trading sessions, PTI reported quoting Manish Chowdhury, head of research at Stoxbox, as saying.