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Fraud-hit Punjab National Bank loses Rs 11,000 crore in m-cap in just 5 days

Punjab National Bank's market valuation has slumped by Rs 10,939 crore in five days, which is nearly equal to the massive Rs 11,384-crore fraud at the company, even as the stock made a marginal recovery on Tuesday.

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A Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Punjab National Bank's market valuation has slumped by Rs 10,939 crore in five days, which is nearly equal to the massive Rs 11,384-crore fraud at the company, even as the stock made a marginal recovery on Tuesday.

The stock had dropped in the previous four trading sessions. In the past one week, the stock has lost nearly 28%.

PNB's market valuation fell by Rs 10,938.78 crore to Rs 28,270.22 crore today from Rs 39,209 crore on February 12.

The company's scrip meanwhile staged a marginal recovery on Tuesday ending 0.13% higher at Rs 116.55 on BSE. During the day, the stock lost nearly 5% to hit a one year low of Rs 111.

As per the BSE shareholding pattern data, the government owns 57.04% stake in PNB and with the fall in stock price, it has lost Rs 6,274.4 crore. Life Insurance Corporation of India which has 13.93% stake has lost Rs 1,532.3 crore. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) with 12.56% stake has seen an erosion of Rs 1,381.6 crore and small investors about Rs 387 crore.

On Wednesday last week, PNB said it detected a fraud in which diamond merchant 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.

International rating agencies Moodys Investor Service and Fitch Ratings today warned the scam-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) of rating downgrades, citing likely networth erosion and widening losses at the second largest state-run lender.

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