Reliance Communications under bear attack, stock down 21% in two weeks
Reliance Communication (RCom), part of the Anil Ambani group, is under renewed pressure on Dalal Street over its financial health.The stock is down 21 per cent in two weeks on the BSE exchange, after credit downgrades by domestic rating agencies. In the period, the Bharti Airtel stock price was flat (up one per cent), while Idea Cellular was down 13 per cent; the benchmark Sensex was up 1.7 per cent.Early this week, CARE downgraded RCom from the earlier A- to BB. And, said it would be on a credit watch, citing the operational risk in view of the growing pricing pressure in the sector. The agency says the high debt level at RCom, coupled with lower cash accrual and imminent repayment obligations, had increased the financial risk.This followed a similar downgrade by rating agency ICRA early this month. It had downgraded the long-term rating to BB, from BBB, and reaffirmed its earlier negative outlook. ICRA said the revision took into account the persisting pressures and weakening...25-05-2017
