Battle of the beverages: Varun Beverages acquires BevCo, sets to expand African footprint bizcommunity.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizcommunity.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Shares of Pepsico bottler Varun Beverages Ltd will trade ex-dividend from April 4. The company announced an interim dividend of Rs 1.25 per share. The record date for interim dividend is also April 4. Varun Beverages stock rose 3.52% in early deals on BSE today. A total of 0.30 lakh shares of the firm changed hands, amounting to a turnover of Rs 4.33 crore on BSE. Market cap of the firm rose to Rs 1.87 lakh crore. The stock has zoomed 358% in two years and risen 539% in three years.
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