July 26, 2013 / 18:46 IST
Shares in Jet Airways India Ltd surged as much as 19.7 percent on Friday after traders said India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board was likely to approve a planned stake sale to Etihad Airways.
Jet Airways and Etihad Airways officials were not immediately reachable for comment on the market speculation. A spokesman for India's finance ministry, which oversees FIPB, declined to comment.
The FIPB, which clears foreign direct investment proposals, is scheduled to consider the Jet-Etihad deal at its meeting on Monday and traders said it may be approved.
The FIPB last month deferred a decision on Jet's plan to sell a 24 percent stake to Etihad.
Jet shares were up 14.3 percent at 10.39 p.m.
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