Monday, July 30, 2007

India's Unilever shares surge on results, buyback

(Reuters) - "The pricing of the buyback is good, but it is only a small share of their equity and it cannot prop up share prices in the long term," said Hemant Patel, an analyst at Enam Securities.




Hindustan Unilever, 52-percent owned by Anglo-Dutch Unilever Plc , on Sunday said it would spend up to $156 million to buy 27.4 million shares, or 1.2 percent of outstanding equity, at up to 230 rupees a share, a 17 percent premium to Friday's close.


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