So far, 81 per cent of companies on the BSE 500 index have declared their fourth quarter 2013/14 shareholding details. A few interesting trends have emerged.
A close look at the shareholding patterns of promoters, their pledged shares and the foreign institutional investors community reveals that around four per cent of companies saw a consistent increase in their promoter and promoter group holdings, whereas almost double that (around eight per cent) saw a consistent decline. Nearly 23 per cent companies consistently witnessed a rise in foreign institutional investors (FIIs) holdings whereas around 12 per cent companies saw it reducing. The details:
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United Spirits saw the maximum increase of 17.5 percentage points whereas Gitanjali Gems witnessed the sharpest fall in promoter and promoter group holdings over the last four quarters.
Promoter & promoter group holdings
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Foreign Institutional Investors
Page Industries was the most favored stock among the FIIs community with a percentage growth of 12.6 and the least favored was HCL Infosystems with a decline of 17.6 percentage points over the last four quarters.
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Promoter and promoter group pledged shareholdings
Nine companies saw an increase in the promoter and promoter group pledged share holdings while six companies saw a decrease.
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