Semi-conductor shortages: Why did Tata Motors' warning spook investors?

JLR acco­u­nts for half the company's global unit sales and nearly 80 per cent of its consolidated revenues

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Tata Motors | JLR | Investors

Shally Seth Mohile  |  Mumbai 

It’s rare for a company’s sto­ck to see its fortunes swing sharply in a single trading day. But that’s what happened to Tata Motors’ share in a matter of a few hours.

The stock open­ed at Rs 346.1 and rose to Rs 358.1 on news of a price hike in the commercial and passenger veh­icle range of the India business. But the euphoria was short-lived. Later in the day, Jaguar and Land Rover Automotive Plc (JLR), Tata Motors’ UK subsi­d­iary, issued a profit warning for the forthcoming quarters on ac­count of the severe shortage of ...

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First Published: Thu, July 08 2021. 06:10 IST
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