The transaction saw strong institutional participation, with major investors such as Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore Pte, HDFC Life Insurance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, SBI Mutual Fund, Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund, Norges Bank and ITI Mutual Fund as buyers. The deal price was broadly in line with prevailing market levels for the stock.
Stock exchange data showed that Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE bought a total of around 15.7 lakh shares, Morgan Stanley Asia Singapore Pte bought over 39 lakh shares, while Norges Bank, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, acquired 32.6 lakh shares. Other big purchases included ITI Mutual Fund’s 22.7 lakh shares, HDFC Life’s 25 lakh shares and ICICI Prudential Life’s 10.5 lakh shares.
Plutus Wealth Management LLP was also among the active buyers and bought around 65 lakh shares in two separate tranches, while SBI Mutual Fund acquired 16.2 lakh shares.
The total amount traded across all block trades was approximately 2.66 crore shares, which is almost 1.1% of Aditya Birla Capital’s total equity.
Shares of Aditya Birla Capital ended marginally lower in Wednesday’s session, reflecting investor confidence amid strong institutional inflows. The presence of multiple global and domestic institutions in the transaction indicates growing interest in diversified financial services platforms within the Aditya Birla Group.
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