New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) BNP Paribas Arbitrage on Tuesday offloaded over 18 lakh shares of IT major Wipro for Rs 73 crore through an open market transaction.

BNP Paribas Arbitrage sold 18,00,164 shares of the company at an average price of Rs 405 apiece, according to the block deal data available with the BSE.

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This took the deal value to Rs 72.90 crore.

On Tuesday, Societe Generale picked up the shares of the company.

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Shares of Wipro closed 0.12 per cent lower at Rs 405.20 per scrip on the BSE.

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