UltraTech Cement share price crosses ₹10,000 mark, up 40% this year; should you buy?
Live MintIn today's trading session, UltraTech Cement, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, achieved a historic milestone as its shares surged beyond the ₹10,000 mark for the first time. Meanwhile, UltraTech Cement is set to acquire the cement business of BK Birla Group's flagship company, Kesoram Industries, in an all-share deal valued at approximately ₹7,600 crore, including debt. It will help enhance UltraTech’s geographic reach in southern markets such as Telangana, where UltraTech currently does not have any cement manufacturing plant, said brokerage firm Axis Securities in its latest note. Besides, UltraTech Cement acquired 0.54 mtpa cement grinding assets of Burnpur Cement Limited, located at Patratu in Jharkhand, at a consideration of ₹169.79 crore.