A 🧵on the basics of block and bulk deals.
Block and bulk deals are large purchases of stocks by investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, FIIs, and promoters. Tracking block and bulk deals can help give you a sense of what these large players are thinking.
Morning trading window from 8:45 AM to 9:00 AM.
Afternoon trading window from 2:05 PM to 2:20 PM
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Block reference price is determined in 2 ways:
The previous day’s closing price for the morning trading window.
Volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the stock between 1:45 to 2:00 PM for the afternoon.
Yes, the parties can also carry out the bulk deal as a block deal if it meets the requirement of both the deals.
If the transaction involves 0.5 % of the shares of a company
Requirement for block deal: Deal value is Rs 10 crores, or the number of shares traded are more than 5 lakh
However, investment decisions should not be made based on indicators alone, but also based on fundamentals.