Emami shares slip nearly 6% after block deals

Shares of Emami Limited slipped nearly 6 percent on Monday after the promoters sold stake via block deals. In a huge block deal, the promoters’ sold 8.3 percent equity. On June 19^th, the promoters’ pledged 0.05 percent equity, and then sold 0.2 percent equity on last Friday. In fact, the company’s promoters’ sold 10 percent stake in the last quarter as well.

At 09:35 AM, the stock price was trading lower 4.82 percent to Rs 275.35 per share on the NSE. Intraday, the share price declined 5.84 percent to its day’s low at Rs 272.10. This year, the stock has plunged over 34 percent, and about 48 percent in last one year.

Since March 2019, the promoters’ have pledged 47.68 percent of their stake. The promoters’ stake in March 2019 stood at 62.74 percent as against 72.74 percent in December 2018.