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MARKET WRAP
Benchmark indices wiped out gains in last hour of trade after further correction in rupee that
fell a percent intraday against the US dollar.
The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 71.07 points at 33,703.59 and the 50-share NSE Nifty
declined 18 points to 10,360.40.The market breadth was weak as about 1,464 shares declined
against 1,261 advancing shares on the BSE.
Among midcaps, Tata Global, Biocon, Voltas, Radico Khaitan, Bhushan Steel and Just Dial were
down 1-3 percent while Canara Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Union Bank, Fortis Healthcare,
Apollo Tyres, Titan Company and PC Jeweller gained 1-5 percent.
IndiGrid, an infrastructure investment Trust (InvIT), has completed the acquisition of three assets
from its sponsor Sterlite Power Grid Venture Ltd.
The Trust has also acquired a 46 per cent stake in the transmission asset of Techno Eletric &
Engineering Company. The asset, Patran Transmission Company Limited, has a sub-station in
Patran, Punjab, and transmission lines that connect Kaithal-Patiala. InvITs are investment
vehicles that own operating infrastructure assets in India.
While the three assets from Sterlite Power will come with a price tag of Rs 1,410 crore, IndiGrid
is acquiring the Patran-stake for Rs 230 crore. The Patran acquisition agreement was signed on
Monday, and will be completed by March.
“Post the acquisitions, IndiGrid’s total portfolio increases to 13 transmission lines and two
substations operational across eight states in India. At present its assets stand at Rs 5,300 crore.
The three assets from Sterlite Power consists of five transmission lines, aggregating 1,425 km.
"All these acquisitions are highly accretive and will increase portfolio IRR to 11 per cent," said
Agrawal. He added that the deals will enable IndiGrid to deliver a DPU (distribution per unit) of
Rs 12 for the next five years.
The accounts in various bank branches in Uttar Pradesh were attached last night.The provisional
attachment action has been carried out to "recover outstanding tax demands", understood to be
about Rs 85 crore, the officials said.
Three bank accounts of the group were attached in January last year by the department, they
said. The Kanpur-based group is being probed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate in
connection with an alleged bank loan fraud of Rs 3,695 crore, given by a consortium of seven
banks.
The CBI had registered a criminal case against Rotomac Global Pvt Limited, its Director Vikram
Kothari, his wife Sadhana Kothari and son Rahul Kothari and unidentified bank officials on a
complaint received from Bank of Baroda and conducted raids against them yesterday.
It was alleged in the complaint from the Bank of Baroda that conspirators cheated a consortium
of bank loans to the tune of Rs 3,695 crore including the interest component, CBI officials said.