Day after merger, shares of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank tank; Bank of Baroda gains
Business | January 03, 2019 13:25 ISTThe scrip of Dena Bank plummeted 19.77 per cent to Rs 14.40 on BSE. Shares of Vijaya Bank plunged 7.44 per cent to Rs 47.25.
The scrip of Dena Bank plummeted 19.77 per cent to Rs 14.40 on BSE. Shares of Vijaya Bank plunged 7.44 per cent to Rs 47.25.
Briefing reporters following the cabinet meeting, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the merger will make the "transferee" Bank of Baroda the third largest bank in the country and a "globally competitive entity".
Services of state-owned banks are expected to be impacted on Wednesday due to a nation-wide strike call given by unions to protest against the proposed amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda.
Bank of Baroda is the transferee bank, while Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank are the transferor banks in the amalgamation process, it added.
The government last Monday announced the merger of three state-run banks -- Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda -- that will make it the country's third-largest bank with a combined business of Rs 14.82 lakh crore.
The scrip of Bank of Baroda dived 16.03 per cent to end at Rs 113.45 on BSE. Shares of Vijaya Bank plunged 5.69 per cent to close at Rs 56.40.
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