KPIT Technologies gains 7 pct post merger with Birlasoft:: Share trading tips

Shares of KPIT Technologies gained around 7 percent after the company announced a merger with Noida based Birlasoft India Limited.

The BoD of KPIT Technologies Ltd  at its meeting held on  Monday 29 January, 2018 have, approved the Draft Scheme amalgamation Birlasoft with the Company and demerger of the engineering business of the Company into KPIT Engineering Limited to be renamed as KPIT Technologies Limited.

As per Axis Capital, the deal values Birlasoft merger as neutral for the company and the deal values Birlasoft at par with KPIT Technologies in spite of strong growth.

Shares of KPIT Technologies Limited was last trading, post lunch hours, Tuesday, in BSE at Rs.219.35 up Rs 10.10, or 4.83 with reference to the previous close of Rs. 211.35.  Shares of KPIT Technologies touched a 52-week high of Rs. 223.30.

Alembic Ltd approves share buy-back: Stock rise

Alembic Limited which engaged in the business of pharmaceuticals, real estate & power assets, today announced that the company has approved the proposal for buy-back of over 1.2 crore fully paid up equity shares of the Company, having face value of Rs. 2.00 each, for a total consideration not exceeding Rs. 82.00 crore, representing up to 3.84% of the total paid-up equity share capital of the company. The consideration excludes transaction costs viz fees, brokerage, securities transaction tax, GST, stamp duty and so on.

Meanwhile, the Alembic has reported a standalone net profit of Rs 56.00 million in Dec 2017 quarter. The Company had profit of Rs 7.00 million in the same quarter last year.

At 3.00 PM, Wednesday, the stocks of Alembic were trading higher by 4.51% and 4.29% respectively, on NSE and BSE.

IOC gains 2.9% on bonus issue proposal

Shares of state owned oil and gas company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), surged by over 4% during the afternoon hours, on the Exchanges on Tuesday as the company announced that its board may consider issuance of bonus shares in its meeting scheduled on January 30, 2018. However, at closing hours, the IOC stock ended up by 2.09% on NSE.

The IOC will also be announcing its Q3 results on January 30, 2018. The company’s board has also recommended issue of bonus shares in 1:1 ratio, which would effect in the addition of one equity bonus share for every existing equity share.

The stock closed at Rs. 390.50 up by 2.09% on NSE, while BSE Sensex closed higher by 341.97 points, to 36,139.98 and Nifty50 rose 117.50 points to close at 11,083.70.