With today’s fall, Zomato now trades 39 per cent below its issue price of Rs 76 per share. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 169.10 on November 16, 2021. Zomato made a stock market debut on July 23, 2021.
At 10:15 AM, Zomato quoted 12 per cent lower at Rs 47.45 on the back of heavy volumes. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 0.6 per cent at 55,725. The trading volumes at the counter jumped over three-fold with a combined 104.62 million equity shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE. In the past one month, the stock has underperformed the market by falling nearly 4 per cent, as compared to a 5.5 per cent gain on the Sensex.
Lock-in period of pre-IPO investors (promoters, employees & other institutions) of Zomato ended on July 23, 2022. “Following the lock-in period of one year, the pre-offer shareholders, may sell their shareholding in our company, depending on market conditions and their investment horizon. Further, any perception by investors that such sales might occur could additionally affect the trading price of the equity shares,” Zomato had said in a Red Herring Prospectus.
In terms of Regulations 17 of the SEBI ICDR Regulations, the entire pre-offer equity share capital will be locked-in for a period of one year from the date of allotment, other than equity shares which are successfully transferred as part of the offer for sale; and any equity shares allotted to employees, whether currently an employee or not, pursuant to the ESOP 2014, ESOP 2018 and ESOP 2021 prior to the offer, Zomato had said.
Meanwhile, according to Reuters report, Domino's Pizza India franchise will consider taking some of its business away from popular food delivery apps, Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy, if their commissions rise further.
The disclosure was made by Jubilant FoodWorks, which runs the Domino's and Dunkin' Donuts chain in India, in a confidential filing with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) which is investigating alleged anti-competitive practices of Zomato and Swiggy, the news agency reported. CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT
Among the key momentum oscillators, the MACD and the DI index have turned in favour of the bears, while the Slow Stochastic and the 14-day RSI remain in oversold zone.
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