** Bank of India BOI.NS drops 3.2%, taking 2-day pullback
to ~5.5%
** State-owned lender's shares jumped 3.6% Monday, hitting
their highest since Feb 2018 after its 45 bln rupees qualified
institutional placement (QIP) was oversubscribed by 4.1x on Fri
** Morgan Stanley estimates resultant share dilution will
hit BOI EPS by 4%, 7% and 14% in FY24, 25 and 26
** BOI trading vol is already about 10x the 30-day avg
** Stock still up ~27% YTD, little under the 29% rise in
public sector banks index .NIFTYPSU
(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)
((bharath.rajeswaran@thomsonreuters.com; +91 9769003463;))