Block deals, June 12: Asian Paints, Eternal, Bajaj Finance, and Schaeffler India witness over ₹8,000 crore of transactions; check details

Block deals continued to hog the limelight on Dalal Street on Thursday, June 12, as a slew of large transactions took place in the pre-open window. On the NSE, four companies, namely, Asian Paints, Eternal, Bajaj Finance and Schaeffler India, witnessed block deals worth ₹8,060.05 crore.

NSE data showed that as many as 3.50 crore shares worth ₹7,703 crore changed hands at ₹2,201 per share in the block deal window before the opening bell.

Asian Paints shares have remained muted for a long time. Data show that the stock has risen nearly 35% in the past five years (as of Wednesday's close). In the past 12 months, the stock has slipped 24%. Further, so far in 2025 (YTD), the stock price of the paint major has fallen over 4%.

In the past six months, the stock has shed over 7.6% of its value, and in the past one month, it has slipped over 6%.

Last seen, shares of Asian Paints were trading at ₹2,244.40 apiece on NSE, rising 1.61%. It was the top contributor on the NIFTY50 index.

Zomato-parent Eternal’s shares tanked 1.6% on Thursday following a block deal. According to the NSE data, as many as 60.93 lakh shares worth ₹156.65 crore changed hands in the block deal window.

Shares of the food delivery firm touched an intraday low of ₹252.98 apiece on the NSE. At 11:50 AM, the stock was down 1.46% at ₹253.32 per share.

Bajaj Finance shares were trading marginally higher on Thursday after its 175,000 shares changed hands in block deals at ₹9,519 apiece. The deal size was worth ₹166.58 crore, NSE data showed.

Bajaj Finance had reported a net profit of ₹4,480 crore in the January-March quarter, marking an upside of 17% from ₹3,824.53 crore in the same period last year.

Total income during January-March of 2024-25 rose to ₹15,808 crore against ₹12,764 crore in the corresponding year-ago period.

Following this, shares of the auto component maker were trading at ₹4198.9 apiece, inching up by 0.25% on NSE.