JSW
Steel Ltd. will replace domestic pharma major Lupin Ltd. in the
benchmark Nifty50
Index
of the National Stock Exchange, effective from today, 28 Sept 2018.
The inclusion of JSW Steel is expected to enhance the stock
of JSW Steel, given that a number of exchange-traded
funds
track the Nifty index.
The
shares of JSW Steel Limited rose upto 2 per cent in early morning
hours Friday, after the NSE announced that it will be replacing Lupin
Limited in the benchmark NSE Nifty50 index from Friday. However, JSW
Steel’s stocks subsequently turned flat, lower over 4 percent
during mid market trade.
JSW
Group is a USD 13 billion company serving to the different sectors
such as Steel, Energy, Cement and Infrastructure. Its Group
operations cover across India, South Africa, South America and
Europe.
On
Friday, the shares of JSW Steel Limited opened at Rs. 403.85 per
share, and hit a high of 407.95 and a low of 374.20 per share on the
NSE. At the time of this reporting, the stock was trading at Rs.
383.20 per share, down 4.27 per cent. While, the shares of Lupin
opened at Rs. 898.35 per share and are currently trading at Rs.
914.50 per share, up 2.02 percent.