India, May 31 -- French banking giant BNP Paribas has bought 6.24 Lakh shares of foodtech major Eternal in a bulk deal worth INR 1,488.71 Cr.

As per NSE data, BNP Paribas Financial Markets picked up 6,24,85,371 shares at INR 238.25 apiece, a discount of 0.2% from the stock's last close of INR 238.75 on the BSE on Friday. At the same time, the banking major offloaded 1.88 Lakh shares in a bulk deal totalling INR 4,35 Cr.

Not stopping there, BNP Paribas Financial Markets also dumped 2,48,31,803 shares in beauty ecommerce major Nykaa at INR 202.81 apiece, translating into a total sum of INR 503.61 Cr. The deal was executed at a discount of 0.2% compared to Nykaa's closing price of INR 203.25 on the BSE.

It also lapped up 1,01,548 shares i...