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BNP Paribas Arbitrage on Monday bought shares of L&T Finance Holdings worth nearly Rs 413 crore through an open market transaction. As per block deal data on BSE, over 5.78 crore shares were purchased at an average price of Rs 71.35 apiece. This took the total deal value to Rs 412.9 crore. Separately, Citi Group Markets Mauritius Pvt Ltd sold shares of L&T Finance Holdings at the same price. On Monday, shares of L&T Finance Holdings Ltd declined 1.82 per cent to close at Rs 70.05 on BSE.
L&T Finance Holdings (LTFH) on Wednesday reported a 10 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 223 crore for the second quarter ended September 2021. The non-banking financial company had posted a net profit of Rs 248 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. Its total income during July-September 2021 fell to Rs 3,134.46 crore as against Rs 3,508.91 crore in the year-ago period, LTFH said in a regulatory filing. Among the market leaders in farm equipment finance, two-wheeler finance and micro loans, LTFH said it witnessed the highest-ever disbursement in rural finance during the reported quarter, while retail disbursements grew 55 per cent quarter-on-quarter. In the second quarter of FY22, all LTFH businesses witnessed robust disbursement momentum. Rural finance business saw the highest-ever Q2 disbursement at Rs 4,987 crore, a jump of 51 per cent quarter-on-quarter, it said. The total disbursements in the quarter stood at Rs 7,339 crore for