Lenskart shares rebound 5% after Rs 5,316-crore block deal clears 6% stake

When the gates of a lock-in period open, the market must reckon with what was always there but never visible — the full weight of early conviction, now free to move. Lenskart, the eyewear retailer that debuted on Indian exchanges in November 2025, faced that reckoning on Friday as a coordinated Rs 5,316-crore block deal transferred 6.46 percent of its equity at a modest discount, briefly pulling the stock below Rs 470 before a 5 percent rebound restored a measure of calm. The episode is less a story of distress than of transition — from the protected early chapter of a public company's life in