Shares in Future Group companies jumped nearly 10 per cent on Tuesday, a day after a high court overturned an order that had stalled Future Group's $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets to conglomerate Reliance Industries.
The court's decision is the latest twist in the Future Group saga, coming after a New Delhi court last week sided with Future's partner Amazon Inc's challenge and put Future's asset sale to Reliance Industries on hold, which led to an appeal from the Indian retail group.
A two-judge bench hearing Future's appeal on Monday put on hold the New Delhi court's previous ruling, two sources familiar with the proceedings said.
E-commerce giant Amazon has argued that Future breached certain 2019 contracts by agreeing to the deal with Reliance. The bench agreed that Future Retail was not a part of the 2019 agreement, the company said in a filing to the stock exchanges late on Monday.
Shares of Future Retail rose nearly 10 per cent to 80.50 rupees in early trade, while Future Consumer, Future Enterprises and Future Lifestyle Fashions gained between 8.2 per cent and 9.9 per cent.
Future Retail is also set to report results for the quarter ended December 31 later in the day.
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