HCL Tech shares down over 1 pc on stake sale by CEO

MUMBAI, June 11: Shares of software services major HCL Technologies today fell over one per cent following the company’s Vice Chairman and CEO Vineet Nayar selling off his stake in the firm.
Defying a strong broader market, HCLT shares fell 1.41 per cent to Rs 488 after a positive start at the BSE.
On the NSE, the scrip lost 1.41 per cent to Rs 488.60.
Vineet Nayar sold 27,00,000 equity shares of Rs 2 each (0.3896 per cent) held by him for Rs 133.58 crore.
Post the transaction, his shareholding in the company has become nil.
Of the 27 lakh shares sold by Nayar, 17 lakh shares were held in the name of two trusts, the company had said in a regulatory filing to the BSE on Friday.
(PTI)