# Baazar Style Retail jumps 5% after Aditya Halwasiya buys Rs 163 crore stake 2026-08-17T09:59:37+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Shares of Baazar Style Retail hit the 5% upper circuit at Rs 383.50 on Monday after reports that Aditya Halwasiya bought about 45 lakh shares worth Rs 163 crore in a block deal. The shares traded at Rs 362 apiece in the deal. The seller was not disclosed. Livemint reports that Halwasiya was not listed among public shareholders as of June 30. Promoters held 45% of the company at the end of June, with the public holding 55%. The investment follows Cupid Limited’s strategic investment through warrants equal to about 12% of the company upon conversion. Nearly 3% of those warrants have already been converted into equity. Baazar Style Retail plans to expand to at least 500 stores over the next three years. The stock has risen 14% in the past week and 29% in the past month. It has delivered 42% returns year-to-date and 22% over the past year. ## Coverage - livemint.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Aditya Halwasiya, Baazar Style Retail, block deal, stock market Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/baazar-style-retail-jumps-5-after-aditya-halwasiya-buys-rs-163-crore-stake/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/baazar-style-retail-jumps-5-after-aditya-halwasiya-buys-rs-163-crore-stake/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/