Thursday 14 November 2013

Corporation Bank surges on entering into MoU for providing finance against warehouse receipts

Corporation Bank is currently trading at Rs. 269.30, up by 4.50 points or 1.70% from its previous closing of Rs. 264.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 268.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 273.50 and Rs. 268.00 respectively. So far 7147 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 494.85 on 07-Jan-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 239.55 on 04-Sep-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 315.00 and Rs. 263.20 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 4117 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 59.82% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 32.56% and 7.62% respectively.

Corporation Bank has entered into tie-up with Star Agri Warehousing and Collateral Management, Mumbai, for providing finance against warehouse receipts. Both the parties have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the same at the bank’s Corporate Office in Mangalore on November 12, 2013.

Banks are entering into tie-up arrangement with specialized warehousing and collateral management agencies wherein the pledge of negotiable warehouse receipt of the agencies with the banks facilitate farmers to get better agriculture credit facilities and prevent distress sale of the agricultural produce while mitigating risks of volatility in prices.

Star Agri Warehousing and Collateral Management has got its presence in more than 12 states, operating more than 200 warehouses across India with the total warehousing capacity of 10 Lakhs Metric Tonnes.

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