Ambuja Cements, ACC shares crash as Adani Group stocks extend decline
Live MintShares of Ambuja Cement, ACC Ltd plunged along with Adani Group stocks in Friday's trading session as stocks of all 10 listed companies related to the Ahmedabad-based Adani group with interests from energy to infrastructure and media declined after US investor Hindenburg Research LLC said it was shorting some of them and flagged concerns in a January 24 report about debt levels and the use of tax havens. In a statement later on Twitter, Hindenburg said it fully stands by its report and would in fact welcome any legal action by Adani group. The Adani Group has been diversifying its business interests and last year bought cement firms ACC and Ambuja Cements from Switzerland's Holcim for $10.5 billion. The most-liquid stocks controlled by the Adani Group, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd and Ambuja Cements, are also the most vulnerable in the event of an extended selloff in the diversified conglomerate’s shares, as per Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Nitin Chanduka.