India, Oct. 16 -- Financial service giant Goldman Sachs has sold 53.4 Lakh shares of foodtech giant Eternal in a major block deal worth Rs.168.7 Cr.

According to NSE data, the investment bank, via its entity Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, sold the shares at Rs.316 apiece to rake in the amount. The investor offloaded the stake at a discount of more than 2.6% to the stock's last closing price on Thursday.

The shares that flooded the market were lapped up by Bank of America, via its affiliate BofA Securities Europe, for Rs.168.7 Cr.

This is the second block witnessed by Eternal in the past two months. In early September, French financial services giant BNP Paribas and US-based hedge fund Millennium Management together sold over 9.9 Cr shar...