Adani Group calls off ₹20,000-crore FPO as stocks take a beating
The HinduAs it’s stocks plunged with flagship Adani Enterprises dropped by 28%, Ahmedabad based Adani Group late Wednesday, February 1, 2023 night decided to call of it’s ₹20,000 crore FPO in a rare move amidst growing impact of Hindenburg report raising allegations of “stock manipulation and accounting fraud.” The follow-on public offer was fully subscribed on the final day of the subscription on Tuesday with help from some big Indian conglomerates, as per the sources in the market. During the day in Wednesday, 10 listed firms of the Adani Group witnessed massive rout as stocks plunged from 3 to 28 %, deepening the crisis triggered by the report. In just five trading sessions since the U.S. short seller Hindenburg Research published its investigation report alleging accounting fraud and stock manipulation by the Gujarat based Adani Group, its shares in 10 listed firms have seen massive losses. However, the Adani Group in a strong rebuttal on January 26th has dismissed all allegations and instead described the US based short seller’s report as a “calculated attack on India” and its “judiciary and regulatory framework.” Meanwhile, after the swift rout in the shares of its listed firms; Gautam Adani lost the title as Asia’s richest person to rival billionaire Mukesh Ambani, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.