Macquarie has maintained its Outperform rating on Asian Paints with a target price of Rs 4,000, underplaying competition concerns from the launch of Birla Opus.
The decrease in crude oil prices led to a jump in the stock prices of Indigo Paints and Kansai Nerolac Paints, which rose 5% and 2% respectively. Berger Paints, Akzo Nobel India, and Asian Paints also rallied between 1-2%.
"Berger Paints fixed Saturday, September 23, 2023, as the record date, for the purpose of ascertaining the eligibility of shareholders entitled for issue of bonus equity shares of the company in the ratio of 1:5, i.e., 1 equity share of Re 1 each for every 5 equity shares of Re 1 each," the company said in an exchange filing.