IPO blitz sets stage for listing day gains
₹1.5 trillion. It was followed closely by Gandhar Oil Refinery (India) Ltd at 65.63 times and Flair Writing Industries Ltd at 49.28 times. Fedbank Financial Services saw a more modest reception at 2.2 times.
Demand was led by qualified institutional bidders (QIBs), high networth individuals and retail investors and, in the case of Tata Technologies, also from shareholders of its parent Tata Motors Ltd. Market veterans attributed the strong demand to the ongoing rally in mid-cap and small-cap stocks in the secondary markets, the quality of the companies, and the moderate offer prices. “The response for at least two of the closing issues has been tremendous, and coincides with the second phase of the bull market, which also explains the ample liquidity sloshing around," said veteran investor Ramesh Damani.
Bull and bear markets coincide with economic cycles, with four phases of expansion, peak, contraction and trough. The demand shows that shares of companies like Tata Technologies, Gandhar Oil and government-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) Ltd would list above their IPO prices, Damani added. The IPO of IREDA closed on Thursday, witnessing an overall subscription of 38.8 times.
Mid-cap and small-cap stocks have raced past the benchmark Nifty index in the latest leg of the market rally that began on 20 March. While the Nifty has risen 16.5% to 19794.70 during the period, the Nifty Midcap 150 has surged 30.99% to 15673.50 and the Nifty Smallcap 250, 47.90% to 12984.95. “The subscription in issues like Tata Technologies reflects the underlying bullishness in the mid-cap and small-cap segments of the market," said Samir Arora, founder, Helios Capital.
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