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Shares of Punjab National Bank (PNB) tumbled over 7% on Monday, extending the fall for a fourth straight session following the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at one its Mumbai branches.
Updated : Feb 19, 2018, 12:47 PM IST
Shares of Punjab National Bank (PNB) tumbled over 7% on Monday, extending the fall for a fourth straight session following the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at one its Mumbai branches.
The stock opened lower and slumped further 7.16% to its 52-week low of Rs 116.65 on BSE.
At NSE, shares of the company dived 6.77% to hit a one-year low of Rs 117.05.
In four trading sessions, the stock has lost nearly 28% and suffered an erosion of Rs 10,781.12 crore from its market capitalization.
Meanwhile, shares of PNB Housing slipped 1.36% to Rs 1,184.35 on BSE.
On Wednesday last week, PNB said it detected a fraud in which diamond jewellery designer Nirav Modi allegedly acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking (LoUs) from one its branches for overseas credit from other
Indian lenders, and is being probed by CBI and Enforcement Directorate among other agencies.