UPL soars on hike in foreign investment limit to 74%

14 Oct 2014 Evaluate

UPL is currently trading at Rs. 349.05, up by 14.05 points or 4.19% from its previous closing of Rs. 335.00 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 348.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 352.95 and Rs. 345.45 respectively. So far 121140 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 388.20 on 09-Sep-2014 and a 52 week low of Rs. 147.25 on 15-Oct-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 352.95 and Rs. 326.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 15074.01 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 29.80% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 55.00% and 15.13% respectively.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed UPL to raise its foreign investment limit up to 74% of paid-up capital. The company has passed resolutions at its Board of Directors’ level and a special resolution by the shareholders, agreeing for enhancing the limit for the purchase of its equity shares and convertible debentures by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors (RFPIs).

RBI has further notified that the foreign shareholding by FIIs/RFPIs in UPL have gone below the revised threshold limit. Therefore, the restrictions placed on the purchase of shares of the above company are withdrawn with immediate effect.

UPL (formerly United Phosphorus) is global player of crop protection products has customer base in 123 countries. It has subsidiary offices in Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, South Africa, USA, UK, Vietnam and Zambia.

UPL Share Price

546.85 4.90 (0.90%)
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