Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances block deals, bulk deals, insider trading and stake changes
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Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances Limited · Face value ₹10 Face value. The nominal value of one share as the company issued it, the unit its share capital is counted in and a dividend can be stated as a percentage of; it has no link to the share price. Face value in the glossary · Listed Jun 1994 on BSE, Apr 2014 on NSE
Last close ₹561.35down ₹20.25 (3.48%)BSE ₹560.15
Share price at the NSE close on 30 Oct 2026. Previous close ₹581.60.
30 Oct: open ₹581.65, high ₹587.45, low ₹554.50
52-week range of traded prices to 30 Oct 2026
₹522.25Low, 1 Oct 2026₹823.85High, 6 Nov 2025
- Market capMarket capitalisation. Share price times the number of shares: what the whole company is worth at the day's price. The rank is by average market value over the six months to Jun 2026, among listed companies. Market capitalisation: how it is worked out
- ₹1,004 Cr1,420th largest listed
- P/EPrice to earnings, trailing. Market cap divided by the profit of the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, after the share of the other owners of its subsidiaries: what investors pay for each rupee of a year's profit. Price to earnings, trailing: how it is worked out
- 19.58
- P/BPrice to book. Market cap divided by the net worth that belongs to the company's own shareholders, its assets less everything it owes and less the other owners' share of its subsidiaries, on its latest balance sheet. Price to book: how it is worked out
- 2.51
- Dividend yieldDividend yield. Dividends paid per share in the twelve months to the day, as a percentage of the day's share price.
- Nonein the last 12 months
- ROEReturn on equity. Profit over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly) that belongs to the company's own shareholders, as a percentage of their net worth, the money they have in the business. Net worth is the average of the latest balance sheet and the one a year before it.
- 13.7%
- ROCEReturn on capital employed. Operating profit after depreciation (revenue less operating expenses and depreciation, without other income and one-off items) as a percentage of all the money the business runs on: the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included, plus borrowings. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. The profit is over the last twelve months (the latest four quarters, or two half years for a company that reports half-yearly); net worth and borrowings are on the latest balance sheet.
- 15.1%
- Debt to equityDebt to equity. Borrowings divided by the whole group's net worth, the other owners of its subsidiaries included: rupees borrowed for each rupee of equity in the business. Lease liabilities are not counted: the results filings do not state them. From the balance sheet at the end of Sep 2026.
- 0.00
- Volume, NSEVolume. Shares traded on the last trading day; delivery is the part buyers kept rather than sold again the same day. Volume in the glossary
- 6,57961.0% delivered
Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances' insiders have 53 trade disclosures on record, the latest on 14 Oct 2022. Its promoter group made no purchase or sale on the market in the 12 months to 30 Oct 2026.
Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances insider trading
The company's own latest disclosure on record is from Sep 2022.Insider trading, all companies
Sep 2022
- Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited₹14 Cr92,644 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 21 Sep 2022 · disclosed 14 Oct
- CROMPTON GREAVES CONSUMER ELECTRICALS LIMITED₹161 Cr10,72,775 sharesSold · Promoters · 21 Sep 2022 · disclosed 22 Sep · stake 81.00% before, 75.00% after
- Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited₹43 Cr2,80,572 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 20 Sep 2022 · disclosed 28 Sep
Mar 2022
- V M S Namasivayam₹2.29 Cr16,495 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 31 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr · held 16,495 before, holds none after
- V M S Kumaraguru₹0.46 Cr3,344 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 30 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V M S KUMARAGURU₹0.19 Cr1,344 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 30 Mar 2022 · disclosed 31 Mar · held 1,344 before, holds none after
- V M S KUMARAGURU₹0.28 Cr2,000 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 30 Mar 2022 · disclosed 31 Mar · held 2,000 before, holds none after
- V M S Karpagam₹0.60 Cr4,351 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V M B Unnamalai₹4.31 Cr31,296 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V.M.L.KARTHIKEYAN₹3.17 Cr22,997 sharesSold or invoked · Designated Person · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V M K Mangalam₹4.33 Cr31,386 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V M G Sivakami₹3.17 Cr22,996 sharesSold or invoked · Promoter · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 1 Apr
- V M K Mangalam₹4.32 Cr31,386 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · stake 1.22% before, 1.05% after
- V M L Senthilnathan₹1.52 Cr11,055 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · held 11,055 before, holds none after
- V M L Karthikeyan₹3.17 Cr22,997 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · stake 0.43% before, 0.30% after
- V M G Sivakami₹3.17 Cr22,996 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · stake 1.22% before, 1.09% after
- V M S Karpagam₹0.60 Cr4,351 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · held 4,351 before, holds none after
- V M B Unnamalai₹4.31 Cr31,296 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · stake 1.22% before, 1.04% after
- LLM Appliances Private Limited₹25 Cr1,78,791 sharesSold · Promoter · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · held 1,78,791 before, holds none after
- V M Seshadri₹1.15 Cr8,361 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 28 Mar 2022 · disclosed 29 Mar · stake 1.60% before, 1.56% after
- G Viswanathan₹2.22 Cr16,100 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · held 16,100 before, holds none after
- V M L Karthikeyan₹0.97 Cr7,000 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 0.47% before, 0.43% after
- V M Gangadharam₹97 Cr6,91,776 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 4.34% before, 0.47% after
- V M Kumaresan₹97 Cr6,91,776 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 4.38% before, 0.51% after
- LLM Appliances Private Limited₹402 Cr28,67,774 sharesSold · Promoter · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 17.04% before, 1.00% after
- V M Chettiar & Sons India LLP₹492 Cr35,07,100 sharesSold · Promoter · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · held 35,07,100 before, holds none after
- V M Seshadri₹97 Cr6,91,776 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 5.47% before, 1.60% after
- V M Balasubramanim₹97 Cr6,91,776 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 4.38% before, 0.51% after
- V M Lakshminarayanan₹97 Cr6,91,776 sharesSold · Promoter and Director · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · stake 3.91% before, 0.04% after
- V M G Mayuresan₹0.46 Cr3,311 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 25 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar · held 3,311 before, holds none after
- V M K Mangalam₹4.34 Cr31,386 sharesPledge · Promoter · 24 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar
- V M G Sivakami₹3.18 Cr22,996 sharesPledge · Promoter · 24 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar
- V M S Karpagam₹0.60 Cr4,351 sharesPledge · Promoter · 24 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar
- V.M.L.KARTHIKEYAN₹3.18 Cr22,997 sharesPledge · Designated Person · 24 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar
- V M B Unnamalai₹4.32 Cr31,296 sharesPledge · Promoter · 24 Mar 2022 · disclosed 28 Mar
Mar 2021
- V.M.SESHADRI2,73,329sharesGave · Promoters · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 7.00% before, 5.47% after
- V.M.GANGADHARAM2,81,146sharesReceived · Promoters · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 2.76% before, 4.33% after
- V.M.LAKSHMINARAYANAN3,02,435sharesGave · Promoters · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 5.60% before, 3.90% after
- V.M.KUMARESAN2,94,618sharesReceived · Promoters · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 2.73% before, 4.37% after
- V.M.S.KARPAGAM2,13,399sharesGave · Immediate relative · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 1.22% before, 0.02% after
- V.M.BALASUBRAMANIAM2,13,399sharesReceived · Promoters · 22 Mar 2021 · disclosed 23 Mar · Off Market · stake 3.19% before, 4.38% after
Dec 2020
- V.M.L.KARTHIKEYAN₹0.04 Cr1,000 sharesBought · Immediate relative · 10 Dec 2020 · stake 0.46% before, 0.47% after
Feb 2020
- A.GANDHIMATHI₹0.36 Cr18,024 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 20 Feb 2020 · disclosed 21 Feb · stake 0.13% before, 0.03% after
- A GANDHIMATHI₹0.10 Cr4,900 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 19 Feb 2020 · disclosed 20 Feb · stake 0.13% before, 0.10% after
- A.GANDHIMATHI₹0.09 Cr5,100 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 18 Feb 2020 · disclosed 20 Feb · stake 0.16% before, 0.13% after
- A.GANDHIMATHI₹0.10 Cr5,000 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 14 Feb 2020 · disclosed 18 Feb · stake 0.19% before, 0.16% after
- A GANDHIMATHI₹0.02 Cr1,000 sharesSold · Promoter Group · 13 Feb 2020 · disclosed 14 Feb · stake 0.19% before, 0.18% after
Aug 2018
- A.GANDHIMATHI₹0.91 Cr30,476 sharesInvoked · Promoter Group · 13 Aug 2018 · disclosed 20 Aug · Invocation of pledge · stake 0.36% before, 0.19% after
Jan 2017
1 entry
- V.M.L.KARTHIKEYAN₹0.02 Cr1,000 sharesReceived · Immediate relative · 28 Jan 2017 · disclosed 30 Jan · Off Market · stake 0.46% before, 0.46% after
Apr 2016
4 entries
- Gangadharam Viswanathan₹43,640235 sharesReceived · Other · 13 Apr 2016 · Market · holds 16,100 after
- GANGADHARAM VISWANATHAN₹0.09 Cr4,800 sharesReceived · Immediate relative · 11 Apr 2016 · disclosed 13 Apr · Inter-se-Transfer · held 11,300 before, holds 16,100 after
- V.M.S.SELVAMUTHUKUMARAN₹0.09 Cr4,800 sharesGave · Immediate relative · 11 Apr 2016 · disclosed 13 Apr · Inter-se-Transfer · held 4,800 before
- Gangadharam Viswanathan₹0.08 Cr4,565 sharesReceived · Other · 11 Apr 2016 · disclosed 13 Apr · Market · held 11,300 before
Trades by the company's promoters, directors, key managers, employees and their relatives, as each disclosed them. Value is what the filer stated; the mode is shown where the shares moved off the market.
Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances stake sales and purchases
All 10 disclosures on record.
Jun 2022
- SoldRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITED6.20% of the company11,09,063 sharesholds 0.50% after7 Jun 2022 · filed under the 2% rule · Open Offer
May 2022
- AcquiredRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITED4.74% of the company8,46,837 sharesholds 4.74% after6 May 2022 · filed under the 5% rule · Open market
Mar 2022
- SoldCompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd54.00% of the company96,54,958 sharesholds 7.78% after25 Mar 2022 · filed under the 2% rule · Release of Encumbrance
- SoldV.M.Lakshminarayanan · promoter3.87% of the company6,91,776 sharesholds 0.04% after25 Mar 2022 · filed under the 2% rule · Open market
Aug 2021
- AcquiredDSP Trustee Private ltd on behalf of schemes of DSP Mutual Fund0.28% of the company50,638 sharesholds 5.23% after6 Aug 2021 · filed under the 5% rule · Open Market
Mar 2021
- SoldV. M. Lakshminarayan · promoter1.69% of the company3,02,435 sharesholds 3.91% after22 Mar 2021 · filed under the 2% rule · Inter-se transfer
Sep 2019
- SoldReliance Alternative Investment Fund - Private Equity Scheme I5.40% of the company9,64,800 sharesholds none after30 Sep 2019 · filed under the 2% rule · Open Market
Jan 2018
1 entry
- SoldReliance Alternative Investment Fund - Private Equity Scheme I5.04% of the company9,00,000 sharesholds 5.88% after12 Jan 2018 · filed under the 2% rule · Open Market
Dec 2017
1 entry
- SoldReliance Alternative Investment Fund - Private Equity Scheme I2.80% of the company5,00,000 sharesholds 10.91% after19 Dec 2017 · filed under the 2% rule · Open Market
Dec 2014
1 entry
- SoldButterfly Constructions Limited · promoter3.76% of the company6,72,100 sharesholds none after22 Dec 2014 · filed under the 2% rule · Scheme of Arrangement
The 5% rule: an investor discloses on reaching 5% of the company. The 2% rule: a holder of 5% or more discloses each change of 2% or more, including one that takes it below 5%. A transfer exempt from an open offer, the offer to buy from every other shareholder that a large purchase otherwise brings, is disclosed too. Each line shows what its filing states, which can be a smaller change than its rule names.
Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances block deals and bulk deals
Last 12 months, since 1 Nov 2025: 10 bulk deals, ₹55 Cr bought and ₹55 Cr sold Bought and sold in deals. Each deal's shares times its price, added up for the buyers and apart for the sellers, so a block deal, which names both, counts on each side.Today's bulk and block deals, all companies
ValueValue of a deal. The shares traded times the deal's price.Per cent of the companyPer cent of the company. The shares traded as a percentage of all the company's shares in issue on the day of the deal.
Wednesday 13 May 20261 firm · ₹7.96 Cr bought · ₹7.96 Cr soldNet sold ₹85,879
- Both waysNK SECURITIES RESEARCH PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 1,08,708 at ₹731.84Sold 1,08,708 at ₹732.630.61% of the companyNet nil₹7.96 Cr bought
Tuesday 12 May 20263 firms · ₹37 Cr bought · ₹37 Cr soldNet sold ₹0.04 Cr
- Both waysJUNOMONETA FINSOL PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 97,343 at ₹708.00Sold 97,567 at ₹708.410.55% of the companyNet −224 shares₹6.89 Cr bought
- Both waysNK SECURITIES RESEARCH PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 3,15,444 at ₹708.67Sold 3,15,444 at ₹709.221.76% of the companyNet nil₹22 Cr bought
- Both waysBLITZQUANT RESEARCH LLPBought 1,12,135 at ₹706.81Sold 1,12,135 at ₹707.230.63% of the companyNet nil₹7.93 Cr bought
Thursday 19 Mar 20261 firm · ₹9.53 Cr bought · ₹9.54 Cr soldNet sold ₹92,443
- Both waysNK SECURITIES RESEARCH PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 1,44,442 at ₹660.07Sold 1,44,442 at ₹660.710.81% of the companyNet nil₹9.53 Cr bought
Thursday 19 Sep 20241 firm · ₹15 Cr bought · ₹15 Cr soldNet sold ₹0.02 Cr
- Both waysGRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLPBought 1,25,836 at ₹1,204.54Sold 1,25,836 at ₹1,205.910.70% of the companyNet nil₹15 Cr bought
Tuesday 24 May 20221 firm · ₹18 Cr bought · ₹0 soldNet bought ₹18 Cr
- BoughtRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PVT LTDBought 1,25,010 at ₹1,406.850.70% of the company₹18 Cr
Monday 28 Mar 20222 firms · ₹19 Cr bought · ₹25 Cr soldNet sold ₹5.64 Cr
- SoldLLM APPLIANCES PRIVATE LIMITEDSold 1,78,791 at ₹1,378.031.00% of the company₹25 Cr
- BoughtRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PVT LTDBought 1,37,828 at ₹1,378.120.77% of the company₹19 Cr
Friday 25 Mar 202216 firms · ₹2,759 Cr bought · ₹2,759 Cr soldNet nil
- BoughtCROMPTON GREAVES CONSUMER ELECTRICALS LIMITEDBlock dealBought 98,33,754 at ₹1,403.0055.00% of the company₹1,380 Cr
- BoughtCROMPTON GREAVES CONSUMER ELECTRICALS LIMITEDBought 98,33,754 at ₹1,403.0055.00% of the company₹1,380 Cr
- SoldV M CHETTIAR&SONS INDIA LLPBlock dealSold 35,07,100 at ₹1,403.0019.62% of the company₹492 Cr
- SoldV M CHETTIAR&SONS INDIA LLPSold 35,07,100 at ₹1,403.0019.62% of the company₹492 Cr
- SoldLLM APPLIANCES PRIVATE LIMITEDBlock dealSold 28,67,774 at ₹1,403.0016.04% of the company₹402 Cr
- SoldLLM APPLIANCES PRIVATE LIMITEDSold 28,67,774 at ₹1,403.0016.04% of the company₹402 Cr
- SoldSESHADRI V MBlock dealSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldSESHADRI V MSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHA MURUGESA BALASUBRAMANIAMBlock dealSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHA MURUGESA BALASUBRAMANIAMSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHA MURUGESAN GANGADHARAMBlock dealSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHA MURUGESAN GANGADHARAMSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHAN MURUGESA KUMARESANBlock dealSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHAN MURUGESA KUMARESANSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVIWANATHAN MURUGESACHETTIAR LAKSHMINARAYANANBlock dealSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
- SoldVIWANATHAN MURUGESACHETTIAR LAKSHMINARAYANANSold 6,91,776 at ₹1,403.003.87% of the company₹97 Cr
Friday 25 Feb 20222 firms · ₹20 Cr bought · ₹13 Cr soldNet bought ₹6.57 Cr
- BoughtRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PVT LTDBought 1,44,004 at ₹1,380.020.81% of the company₹20 Cr
- SoldGEE BEE SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITEDSold 96,419 at ₹1,379.810.54% of the company₹13 Cr
Wednesday 23 Feb 20221 firm · ₹23 Cr bought · ₹0 soldNet bought ₹23 Cr
- BoughtRAJASTHAN GLOBAL SECURITIES PVT LTDBought 1,63,032 at ₹1,395.520.91% of the company₹23 Cr
Wednesday 3 Feb 20211 firm · ₹5.84 Cr bought · ₹0 soldNet bought ₹5.84 Cr
- BoughtNAVODYA ENTERPRISESBought 1,00,000 at ₹583.760.56% of the company₹5.84 Cr
Wednesday 8 Jan 20204 firms · ₹12 Cr bought · ₹12 Cr soldNet sold ₹0.66 Cr
- Both waysASHWIN STOCKS AND INVESTMENT PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 77,229 at ₹260.19Sold 98,229 at ₹259.250.55% of the companyNet −21,000 shares₹2.01 Cr bought
- Both waysMILLENNIUM STOCK BROKING PVT LTDBought 84,695 at ₹257.91Sold 89,783 at ₹257.770.50% of the companyNet −5,088 shares₹2.18 Cr bought
- Both waysCHANDARANA INTERMEDIARIES BROKERS PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 1,11,366 at ₹253.49Sold 1,10,469 at ₹255.030.62% of the companyNet +897 shares₹2.82 Cr bought
- Both waysN.K.SECURITIESBought 1,75,487 at ₹259.11Sold 1,75,487 at ₹259.310.98% of the companyNet nil₹4.55 Cr bought
Monday 30 Sep 20191 firm · ₹0 bought · ₹14 Cr soldNet sold ₹14 Cr
- SoldRELIANCE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS FUNDSold 9,64,800 at ₹145.655.40% of the company₹14 Cr
Friday 23 Mar 20182 firms · ₹22 Cr bought · ₹22 Cr soldNet nil
- SoldASHISH KACHOLIASold 4,60,000 at ₹472.652.57% of the company₹22 Cr
- BoughtSUSHMITA ASHISH KACHOLIA .Bought 4,60,000 at ₹472.652.57% of the company₹22 Cr
Friday 12 Jan 20184 firms · ₹32 Cr bought · ₹49 Cr soldNet sold ₹17 Cr
- SoldRELIANCE ALTERNATIVE INVST FUND PVT EQ SCHEME I .Sold 8,50,000 at ₹580.674.75% of the company₹49 Cr
- BoughtSTANDARD CHARTERED MUTUAL FUNDBought 3,00,000 at ₹579.991.68% of the company₹17 Cr
- BoughtKACHOLIA ASHISHBought 1,52,404 at ₹580.000.85% of the company₹8.84 Cr
- BoughtIDFC MUTUAL FUNDBought 1,00,000 at ₹580.000.56% of the company₹5.80 Cr
Tuesday 19 Dec 20172 firms · ₹11 Cr bought · ₹11 Cr soldNet nil
- BoughtKACHOLIA ASHISHBought 2,00,000 at ₹525.001.12% of the company₹11 Cr
- SoldRELIANCE ALTERNATIVE INVST FUND PVT EQ SCHEME I .Sold 2,00,000 at ₹525.001.12% of the company₹11 Cr
Tuesday 8 May 20122 firms · ₹2.59 Cr bought · ₹16 Cr soldNet sold ₹14 Cr
- SoldLLM APPLIANCES LIMITEDSold 4,40,400 at ₹370.01₹16 Cr
- BoughtBELLWETHER CAPITAL PRIVATE LIMITEDBought 70,000 at ₹370.00₹2.59 Cr
Friday 28 Jan 20111 firm · ₹0 bought · ₹1.46 Cr soldNet sold ₹1.46 Cr
- SoldVISWANATHAN MURUGESACHETTIAR SESHADRISold 1,16,000 at ₹125.51₹1.46 Cr
A bulk deal is one client trading more than half a per cent of the shares in a day; a block deal is a large trade in the exchange's separate block window, its buyer and its seller each on a line of their own. A firm that bought and sold the shares the same day is on one line, with its net. The latest 53 deals, on record from 4 Jan 2004.