BSE sets circuit limit of 10% for Suzlon Energy scrip

Leading stock exchange BSE Wednesday revised the permissible daily trading limit for shares of Suzlon Energy and 19 other companies, as part of surveillance action.

New Delhi: Leading stock exchange BSE Wednesday revised the permissible daily trading limit for shares of Suzlon Energy and 19 other companies, as part of surveillance action.

The new limits, which ensure that stock prices do not go up or down beyond a level during a trading session, will be effective from tomorrow.

The BSE said in a circular that the price of Suzlon Energy cannot change by more than 10 percent in a day.

The company's shares today closed at Rs 26.80 apiece on the BSE, up 16.78 percent. In the intra-day trade, the stock had touched a high of Rs 27.50.

Apart from Suzlon Energy, the BSE has set an upper limit of 10 percent for IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company, Petron Engineering Construction, Yuvraaj Hygiene Products, Karuturi Global, Tarmat and Ashok Alco Chem among others.

The limits for Salona Cotspin, Kyra Landscapes, Samtel Color, Sankhya Infotech, KCCL Plastic, ISL Consulting and Bemco Hydraulics have been set at 5 percent.

Besides, the upper limit for Boston Teknowsys (India) and Citizen Infoline have been set at two percent.

"...The circuit filters has/have been changed from their existing levels in the below mentioned scrip/s with effect from February 19, 2015," BSE said.

The circuit limit for the indices Nifty and Sensex is now calculated on a daily basis instead of the earlier practice of quarterly basis.

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