In fact, deals worth $1.3 billion or Rs 10,700 crore have already taken place in Thursday's trading session itself.
Here are some more details on today's block deals:
Coforge: Barings PE sold its entire 26 percent stake in the transaction, as reported by CNBC-TV18.
Manappuram Finance: A Private Equity Investor backed by Apax Partners is the seller of the 9.9 percent stake.Promoter selling this year has been the highest it has ever been, crossing the previous high of Rs 51,371 crore in 2020.
Among recent block deals include the one that took place in SJS Enterprises on Wednesday, where a Private Equity Investor sold a 30 percent stake worth Rs 540 crore.
Adani Power also saw traction when the promoter entity sold 8 percent stake in the company to Rajiv Jain's GQG Partners for Rs 9,000 crore.
Interglobe Aviation's promoter also sold another 4 percent stake in the company recently for Rs 2,800 crore.
Investment banking sources that CNBC-TV18 spoke to said that this trend is likely to pick up further in the near-term.
Interestingly, barring Manappuram Finance, all other stocks that saw large deals taking place in today's session, are trading with gains. In fact, even Manappuram shares are off the day's low.
(Edited by : Hormaz Fatakia)
First Published: Aug 24, 2023 12:08 PM IST