Friday, May 8, 2020
FMCG sector Hindustan Unilever (HUL) shares jumped over 4 per cent to Rs 2,075 in the morning trade on May 8 after Societe Generale, a French multinational investment bank and financial services company had bought 1.29 crore shares of the company at Rs 1,902 per share. The stock is among the most active stocks on NSE in terms of value with 23,62,605 shares being traded at 09:30 hours.
On Thursday, UK-based Glaxo-SmithKline (GSK) and Horlicks Limited offloaded 5.69 per cent stake in HUL via block deals. For the quarter ended March 2020, HUL last week reported a 7 per cent decline in volumes. Profit before tax fell 10.6 per cent to Rs 1,992 crore for the period, while net profit declined 1.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,519 crore in Q4.
Global research firm Credit Suisse has maintained its outperform call on the stock with the target at Rs 2,400 per share.
