Paytm shares settle marginally lower
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New Delhi: Shares of One97 Communications Ltd, the owner of the Paytm brand, ended marginally lower on Tuesday after hitting the highest trading permissible limit for the day in intra-day trade.
The stock climbed 4.98 per cent to Rs 449.30 - its upper circuit limit - on the BSE early in the day even after a muted opening to the trade. Shares of the fintech firm exhibited highly volatile trends falling to the day’s low of Rs 413.55. It finally ended at Rs 427.50, marginally lower by 0.11 per cent.
On the NSE, shares of the company rallied 4.99 per cent to reach the highest trading permissible limit for the day at Rs 449.50 despite a weak beginning. The stock later ended at Rs 426.95, down 0.26 per cent. Shares of One97 Communications had hit upper circuit limits on Monday and Friday as well.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma has stepped down as part-time non-executive Chairman of Paytm Payments Bank Limited and the board of the bank has been reconstituted, a filing said on Monday, adding PPBL will commence the process of appointing a new chairman.
The dramatic turn of events assumes significance in the backdrop of RBI’s crackdown on Paytm Payments Bank over persistent non-compliance and continued material supervisory concerns.
