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Zydus Life shares rise 5% on ₹1,100 crore buyback

Zydus Lifesciences shares rose over 5% after announcing a ₹1,100 crore share buyback and reporting a net profit of ₹1,272.5 crore for Q4, surpassing street estimates. The buyback price is set at ₹1,150 per share, a 16% premium to the previous close.

pre-market1 source ↓written by the desknot a recommendation

following the approval
5%
share buyback
₹1,100 crore
equity shares
95.65 lakh
each
₹1,150
over the previous
16% premium

Shares of Zydus Lifesciences gained over 5% following the approval of a ₹1,100 crore share buyback. The buyback will include up to 95.65 lakh equity shares at ₹1,150 each, a 16% premium over the previous closing price. Additionally, the company reported a net profit of ₹1,272.5 crore, exceeding market expectations.

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Sourcesnews.google.com

The market after the news

ZYDUSLIFE closed +2.1% on the day of the news, from ₹1,018.90 to ₹1,040.85; Nifty +0.2% over the same session; futures OI +15.1%.

Bulletin at 07:04 IST on 20 May 2026. Every change is measured from ₹1,018.90, the last close before it, on 19 May. Nifty 50 is measured over the same sessions.

  • ZYDUSLIFE close ₹
  • Nifty 50, rebased to the close before the news
  • close before the news
  • above it
  • below it
  • futures OI, lots
ZYDUSLIFE closes around the bulletin against the close before the news, with Nifty 50 rebased to it909.6710191128axis spans 24%before the news · 19 May1019Nifty 50ZYDUSLIFEbulletinD0+1+3+513 May25 May4 JunFutures open interest, lotspeak 15,000Reference close ₹1,018.90. 16 sessions from 13 May to 4 Jun; the price axis spans 24 percent.
price axis fixed at 4 × the 14-session true range around the close before the news · values printed at each marked session
Closes after the news against the close before it, with Nifty 50 over the same span
SessionClose ₹Change %Nifty %
Before19 May₹1,018.90basebase
On the day20 May₹1,040.85▲ +2.1%▲ +0.2%+2.0 pp difference
+1 session21 May₹1,036.45▲ +1.7%▲ +0.2%+1.6 pp difference
+3 sessions25 May₹1,072.95▲ +5.3%▲ +1.8%+3.5 pp difference
+5 sessions27 May₹1,085.80▲ +6.6%▲ +1.2%+5.3 pp difference
Gap at the open, % · ₹
▲ +4.6%+47.28 on 20 May
Day's range, % · ₹
5.5%≈ 56 high to low
Volume on the day
10.05×the 20-session average
Futures OI on the day
▲ +15.1%+2,000 lots · long build-up · price +2.1%
Futures OI open, lots
15,00020 May · 26 May expiry
Futures premium, ₹
+3.45+0.3% to spot
Puts per call, by OI
0.39from 0.57 the session before
Max pain
1,030from 1,000 the session before

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