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5 min read | Updated on December 19, 2024, 13:32 IST
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SpiceJet shares jumped nearly 9% to ₹61.30 apiece on the BSE on Thursday after the cash-strapped airline announced an amicable settlement with aircraft lessor Genesis to resolve a dispute worth over $16 million.
At 1:18 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX was trading at 79,261.22, down 921 points, or 1.15%
At 1:18 PM, the S&P BSE SENSEX was trading at 79,261.22, down 921 points, or 1.15%, while the NSE's NIFTY50 index was trading at 23,943.25, down 255.6 points, or 1.06%.
As part of the agreement, SpiceJet will pay $6 million in cash and issue $4 million worth of equity to Genesis at a price of ₹100 per share.
The stake sale is being conducted through an accelerated book building (ABB) process starting on Wednesday, offering up to 2,773,407 ordinary shares in the Indian firm, FILA said.
Usha Madhukar Chandurkar, one of the promoters of IPCA Laboratories, on Wednesday divested a 1.6% stake in the pharmaceutical company for ₹600 crore through an open market transaction.
On Wednesday, the diversified conglomerate announced that it has set January 6, 2025, as the record date for the much-awaited demerger of its hotel business.
Asian Paints stock declined as much as 3.4% on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to ₹2,265.35 on Thursday. Notably, this is the fourth straight session of decline for the share price. Meanwhile, the stock is down over 8% so far this month and more than 32% in 2024.
On Wednesday, Asian Paints announced that Shyam Swamy, vice president of home improvement, and Vishu Goel, associate vice president of retail sales, have resigned due to “personal reasons.” The announcements were made through two separate stock exchange notifications.
The auto ancillary company's consolidated net profit declined 34.74% to Rs 61.69 crore on a 2.95% rise in revenue from operations to Rs 1,213.95 crore in Q2 FY25 over Q2 FY24.
It must be noted here that Zaggle Prepaid received a nod from its board of directors on October 30 to raise up to ₹950 crore through the issuance of equity shares or bonds, or a combination thereof, on a preferential allotment basis or through the QIP route.
The company on Wednesday said it has decided to cancel its proposed rights issue of ₹450 crore and, instead, approved a plan to raise ₹600 crore through a preferential issue of equity shares and ₹100 crore through warrants.
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