Promoter pares 14% stake in Vishal Mega Mart; HDFC MF, Govt of Singapore among 3 investors pick up over 6% shares

Bulk deals on February 27

• Promoter pares 14% stake in Vishal Mega Mart
• HDFC MF, Government of Singapore among 3 investors pick up over 6% shares in Vishal Mega Mart
• BNP Paribas Financial Markets buys 0.59% stake in IRCTC, 0.75% shares Jubilant Foodworks

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Promoter entity Samayat Services has pared nearly 14 percent equity stake in Vishal Mega Mart, the fashion-focused hypermarket and value retail chain, for Rs 7,635.6 crore via open market transactions on February 27. However, HDFC MF, and Government of Singapore among 3 investors picked up 6.3 percent shares.

Vishal Mega Mart shares reacted to the big stake sale by promoter, falling 7.65 percent to close at Rs 117.78 after gap-down opening, amid high volumes.

Samayat Services LLP sold 21.75 crore equity shares in Vishal Mega Mart at Rs 117 per share for Rs 2,544.75 crore, and 43.5 crore shares at Rs 117.03 per share for Rs 5,090.8 crore, taking the total stake sale to 13.96 percent of paid-up equity.

Total promoters' shareholding in the company was 54.09 percent as of December 2025.

However, of which, HDFC Mutual Fund has acquired additional 9.4 crore shares (equivalent to 2.01 percent of paid-up equity) in the retail chain for Rs 1,100.5 crore. The asset management company through HDFC Large Cap Fund was holding 6.13 percent stake in the firm.

Further, Government of Singapore has bought 12.69 crore shares in Vishal Mega Mart for Rs 1,485.1 crore, and Monetary Authority of Singapore picked up 7.32 crore shares for Rs 857.59 crore.

The buying price for Vishal Mega Mart by above-mentioned investors was Rs 117 per share.

Vishal Mega Mart had launched its mega IPO in December 2024, and raised Rs 8,000 crore.

Meanwhile, Gaudium IVF and Women Health shares rose 1.59 percent on its listing day today, closing at Rs 80.26 on the NSE. GDN Investments has acquired 20 lakh shares in the fertility services provider at Rs 83.3 per share for Rs 16.66 crore, and Param Capital bought 25 lakh shares at Rs 85.51 per share, valued at Rs 21.37 crore.

However, Minerva Emerging Opportunities Fund pared 10 lakh shares in Gaudium IVF at Rs 83 per share for Rs 8.3 crore, and Neomile India Opportunity Fund offloaded 15.76 lakh shares at Rs 84.89 per share for Rs 13.38 crore.

Before the listing of Gaudium IVF, Minerva Emerging Opportunities Fund held 1.65 percent stake (12.04 lakh shares), and Neomile India Opportunity Fund 2.2 percent shareholding (16.04 lakh shares).

BNP Paribas Financial Markets has bought 47.33 lakh shares (0.59 percent stake) in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation-IRCTC, the state-owned ticketing, catering, and tourism services provider, at Rs 569.91 per share, valued at Rs 269.74 crore, and picked up 49.5 lakh shares (0.75 percent stake) in food services company Jubilant Foodworks at Rs 519.67 per share, amounting to Rs 257.2 crore.

IRCTC shares plunged 4.27 percent to Rs 569.55, the lowest closing level since April 5, 2023, while Jubilant Foodworks shares gained 0.73 percent to finish at Rs 519.9 on the NSE.