PC Jeweller Touches Nine-Month High After Block Deal

Shares of PC Jeweller Ltd climbed close to 17 percent on Friday to hit an intraday high of Rs 115 apiece on NSE. It is the highest value the stock has hit in nine months.

According to Bloomberg data, around 17 lakh shares of the company exchanged hands in a single block deal on Friday. The buyers and sellers of the deal were not immediately known.

It was one of the most active stocks in trade on Friday, followed by Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki, TCS, and ITC.

Meanwhile, the two Indian benchmarks were trading higher towards the end of market hours. While BSE's Sensex closed 0.41 percent or 160.10 higher at 38,767.11 and NSE's Nifty 50 rose by 0.40 percent or 46.75 to 11,643.45 points.