Jet Airways shares fall over 3% as co loan repayment default

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Shares of Wednesday fell over 3 per cent after the crisis-hit firm said it had defaulted on loan repayment to banks.

The stock declined 3.39 per cent to Rs 271.50 on BSE.

On NSE, shares of the company fell 3.13 per cent to Rs 272.

The full has been grappling with financial woes for quite some time now and has been making delayed salary payments to staff.

"Payment of interest and principal installment due to the consortium of Indian banks (led by State Bank of India) on December 31, 2018, has been delayed due to temporary cashflow mismatch," the company said in a regulatory filing.

The company has engaged with them (banks) in relation to the same, added.

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First Published: Wed, January 02 2019. 12:15 IST