IRFC surges on signing loan agreement to raise JPY-equivalent $1.1 billion ECB
Indian Railway Finance Corporation is currently trading at Rs. 100.55, up by 2.35 points or 2.39% from its previous closing of Rs. 98.20 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 98.85 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 101.00 and Rs. 98.85 respectively. So far 949650 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 148.90 on 09-Jun-2025 and a 52 week low of Rs. 87.05 on 30-Mar-2026.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 108.35 and Rs. 95.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 131599.86 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 84.65%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 4.05% and 11.29% respectively.
Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) has signed a loan agreement with the consortium of State Bank of India, HDFC Bank Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, GIFT City Branch and DBS Bank in New Delhi for raising External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) loan of Japanese Yen (JPY) equivalent $1.1 billion. This is the first ECB being raised by IRFC during this FY after it successfully raised JPY equivalent $700 million across two ECB transactions in FY 2025-26.
The ECB, being raised for JPY equivalent $1.1 billion has been tied up for a 5-year tenor and benchmarked to Overnight TONAR (Tokyo Overnight Average Rate). The proceeds from this facility shall be utilised towards financing projects having forward or backward linkage with the railway sector or any other project as may be approved by the Company in compliance with the ECB Guidelines.
