Vedanta Demerger, April 30 -- Vedanta share price appeared to plunge over 62% on Thursday, April 30, during a special pre-open session (SPOS). However, this sharp fall is purely technical and does not reflect any destruction of investor wealth, as the stock adjusted for its much-awaited demerger.

In the SPOS, the stock ended 62.58% lower at Rs.289.50 on NSE.

The decline comes as Vedanta began trading on an ex-demerger basis, meaning the stock price now excludes the value of its four newly carved-out businesses. For investors, this is a standard adjustment seen in corporate restructurings, where the parent stock price resets while shareholders receive proportional value in separate listed entities.

In simple terms, while the headline pr...