Saudi wealth fund to invest $1.49 billion in India’s Jio Platforms

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FILE PHOTO: A woman checks her mobile phone as she walks past a mobile store of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will invest 113.67 billion rupees ($1.49 billion) in Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RELI.NS) Jio Platforms, the Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate said on Thursday.

The Saudi sovereign wealth funds’ investment will translate into a 2.32% equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis, Reliance said in a statement bit.ly/3hCckn3.

Reporting by Philip George in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi

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