| Hot Pursuit | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:49 Hrs IST |
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Mindtree jumps after Cafe Coffee Day founder hikes stake Mindtree rose 2.60% at Rs 620.70 at 11:45 IST on BSE after V G Siddhartha on Monday, 18 June 2012, increased his stake in the company to 21.56% from 17.72% earlier through a block deal on the BSE.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 69.69 points, or 0.42%, to 16,775.52. On BSE, 14,000 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 99,604 shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 627.80 and a low of Rs 610.80 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 640.50 on 6 June 2012. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 321.20 on 26 August 2011. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month until 18 June 2012, falling 0.48% compared with the Sensex's 3.42% rise. The scrip had, however, outperformed the market in past one quarter, rising 32.50% as against 4.35% fall in the Sensex. The small-cap IT company has an equity capital of Rs 40.66 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10. V G Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day, bought 15.64 lakh shares of the IT company, representing 3.84% of Mindtree equity, from Walden Software Investments at Rs 610 per share, disclosures on the BSE showed. Walden is a venture fund that, as of 31 March 2012, was holding 39.64 lakh shares, or 9.78%, of the IT company. MindTree's consolidated net profit rose 13.7% to Rs 68.90 crore on 1.2% growth in total revenue to Rs 525.70 crore in Q4 March 2012 over Q3 December 2011. MindTree is a global IT and product engineering services company with deep knowledge in specific domains.
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