AU SFB shares hit record high as foreign investment limit raised to 74%

AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) saw its shares hitting a fresh all-time high on Wednesday, after the lender received an approval by Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, to increase the foreign investment limit in the bank from 49 per cent at present to maximum permissible limit of 74 per cent of paid up capital of the bank. Advertisement

The approval is valid without any limitation on the period of its validity. Foreign portfolio investors owned 34.49 per cent in the small finance bank. Foreign companies held 0.34 per cent stake in the bank as of September 30.

Following the development, AU SFB advanced 3.76 per cent to hit a record high of Rs 1,007.65 on BSE. The stock is up 75.21 per cent in 2025 o far against an 8.19 per cent rise in the BSE Sensex during the same per