Tata, Reliance, Adani! Big corporates in an aggressive acquisition spree
Tata Sons has agreed to acquire control of India s largest online grocer BigBasket; Reliance Industries recently acquired additional equity stake in the US-based technology company skyTran Inc
Nevin John | March 15, 2021 | Updated 21:37 IST
Indian conglomerates are in a race to acquire assets for building comprehensive business ecosystem around each business that they are in. Tata Group, Reliance Industries (RIL), Aditya Birla, Adani, JSW and Vedanta are among those acquiring smaller companies, including start-ups, to fill gaps in their portfolios.
Tata Sons has agreed to acquire control of India s largest online grocer BigBasket, in a deal valued at more than $1 billion. Tata Digital, the newly floated subsidiary which is building Super App, looks to strengthen its e-tail portfolio through the acquisition. The salt-to-aviation conglomerate is also in talks with Just Dial, the 24-year old local discovery p
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Key equity indices advanced for the second session and closed near the day s high with strong gains on Tuesday. The Nifty managed to close above the crucial 14,900 mark. Barring the Nifty PSU Bank index, all other sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the green.
Positive development surrounding global COVID-19 vaccination programmes and stabilizing US Treasury yields boosted sentiment. Buying was also triggered as India s GST collection for the month of February stood above the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the fifth straight month, cementing the signs of economic recovery.
As per the provisional, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 447.05 points or 0.9% at 50,296.19. The Nifty 50 index surged 157.55 points or 1.07% at 14,919.10.