Paytm, Nykaa shares drop on the back of block deals
Shares of payments company Paytm and beauty retailer Nykaa took a hit on the back of block deals. According to reports, Ant Financial sold nearly 3% shares in Paytm.
Shares of
parent One 97 Communications fell by 6.43% at the end of the day’s trade on Thursday to Rs 542.25 per share in the backdrop of a large block deal with a spurt of 22.17 in volume trade. The previous day’s close was at Rs 579.50 per share.Ant Financial, the financial services affiliate of Alibaba Group, sold two crore shares, or nearly 3% stake in the block deal, as per reports. Antfin (Netherlands) Holding BV, a subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered Ant Financial held 164.42 million shares in or 24.89% stake in the company as on March 31, 2022.
In December last year Paytm had announced buyback of equity shares worth Rs 850 crore at a maximum price of Rs 810 per share. Since then, the firm's shares have fallen nearly 74.5% from its IPO price of Rs 2,150.
On Monday, Paytm announced that its loan distribution surged by 357% for Q3 of FY23 at Rs 9,958 crore. The platform registered 38% growth in merchant payment volumes for the quarter.
Meanwhile, Beauty retailer
—owned by FSN E-commerce—fell by 3.45% to Rs 149.75 per share at the end of the day’s trade on Thursday from the previous day’s close at Rs 155.10. This followed a reported block deal of 1.4 crore shares to raise $26 million, priced at Rs 148.90 per share, according to Bloomberg.The retailer's shares have nearly halved, falling by 55% over the last year.
Nykaa last saw three entities, including Lighthouse India Fund III offload shares worth Rs 491 crore in the company in a block deal in November last year. Nykaa registered Rs 5.2 crore in consolidated net profit for Q2 of FY23.
Edited by Akanksha Sarma