The six companies had filed their preliminary initial public offering (IPO) papers with Sebi between September 2021 and May 2022 and their papers were returned during January-March (till March 10).

DIPAM will drive the listing process for which the Centre had given initial approval in 2017.

About 60% of the offer is reserved for retail investors, while 30% is set aside for non-institutional investors. Meanwhile, 10% of the issue is reserved for Qualified institutional buyers (QIB).

Out of the total 37,84,000 equity shares on offer, not more than 17,97,000 equity shares have been reserved for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB). A total of 5,39,100 shares have been reserved for Non-Institutional Investors (NII) and the rest for retail individual investors.

In an interview with PTI, Ramdev assured his investors and public shareholders that there would be no impact of Patanjali Foods Ltd's (PFL) operation and financial performance and its growth trajectory will remain intact.

Equity markets were plagued by a host of issues this year including rising interest rates, slowing economic growth, Adani crisis and the latest fallout of the banking crisis in the US. Benchmark Nifty is currently 10% down from its peak.

It is not planning to seek a fresh approval for the IPO immediately from the Securities & Exchange Board of India because of the current choppy market. "We’re not in a hurry to go and, you know, sell it at any cost," managing director K Srinivas told ET.

According to analysts, the grey market premium, which indicates the premium commanded by shares in unlisted markets stoo Rs 20. The company has fixed a price band of Rs 133-140. At the upper end, the shares are expected to list at 14% premium over the issue price.

The ₹412-crore IPO comprised a fresh share issue of ₹180 crore and an offer for sale of 3.93 million shares by existing shareholders. As part of the offer for sale, Nilekani's family trust offloaded 1.44 million shares.

Global Surfaces, which is into processing natural stones and manufacturing engineered quartz, has collected Rs 46 crore from anchor investors and set a price band of Rs 133-140 per share. At the upper end of the price band, the company is expected to fetch Rs 155 crore from the IPO

The proceeds from the IPO will be used for funding additional working capital, investment in strategic acquisitions and other general corporate purposes.

The company's grey market premium is at 18, according to market analysts.The issue was subscribed 5.44 times, driven by strong interest from retail investors

The company has fixed a price band of Rs 133-140. The company plans to raise about Rs 154.98 crore at the upper end of the price band

Religare broking said the company has a strong opportunity in the international market and its new products and designs would aid growth and increase operational efficiency. The brokerage has a "neutral" rating on the public offer.

The price band for its initial public offering has been fixed at Rs 133-140 per share. Investors can bid for a minimum of 100 equity shares and in multiples of 100 equity shares thereafter

Global Surfaces will be open for subscription on Monday to raise funds through an initial public offering. The company will raise Rs 155 crore at the upper price band of the issue. The shares of the company will be listed on both NSE and BSE. The company will be offering 1,10,70,000 equity through the initial public offering through the book-building process.

The size of the IPO wasn’t disclosed. However, according to Krishna Raghavan, Founder, UnlistedKart, a SEBI-registered research analyst firm, Tata Technologies' recent buyback valued the company at Rs 16,080 crore, indicating that the offered size could be at least Rs 3,800 – Rs 4,000 crore.

The Flipkart IPO has been in the works since the last few years and it was earlier reported that the company is eyeing a listing on Wall Street

Under the IPO, Tata Motors intends to sell 81,133,706 shares of its subsidiary. Two other shareholders - Alpha TC Holdings and Tata Capital Growth Fund I - of the company are also selling shares in the offer.

The IPO is being launched by way of an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 95,708,984 equity shares, representing approximately 23.60% of its paid-up share capital.

The IPO comprises fresh issuance of 85.20 lakh equity shares and an Offer For Sale of up to 25.5 lakh equity shares by promoters Mayank Shah and Sweta Shah. The company said IPO proceeds will be used for investment in its arm Global Surfaces FZE for part-financing its capex requirements of setting up the manufacturing facility in Dubai and other general corporate purpo

Aakash Educational Services will issue convertible notes that will convert into equity at a discount of 20% to the listing price of the unit’s planned initial public offering

The part reserved for retail investors was subscribed 4.31 times, while non-institutional investors (NIIs) and qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) parts were subscribed 1.4 times and 7.83 times respectively. The shares are expected to be listed on the exchanges on March 14.

The preparations for the IPO are expected to be kick-started in the U.S. in the coming days, the sources said. The valuation range has not yet been finalized but Cambridge, England-based Arm is hoping to be valued at more than $50 billion during its share sale, the sources said

According to the draft papers, the issue with a face value of Rs 2 per equity share consists of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 140 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 77,58,620 equity shares by Nutalapati Venkatasubbarao

However, the draft offer documents for the IPO were withdrawn on February 28 and the reasons for the withdrawal have not been disclosed, an update with the markets regulator showed on Monday

The portion reserved for retail investors was subscribed 4.31 times, while the category for non-institutional investors (NIIs), including high-net-worth individuals, was subscribed 1.4 times. The qualified institutional buyers' segment saw bidding for 7.83 times the shares set aside to them.

The retail portion was subscribed 4.31 times, while non-institutional investors (NIIs) made bids 1.4 times more than the reserved bit. Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs), who largely stayed on the sidelines for two days, came to the party on the last day making bids 7.83 times more than the allotted part.

Qualified institutional buyers, who stayed on the sidelines for most part on Day 2, started bidding towards fag end of the day and the part reserved for them was subscribed 6%. Tomorrow is the last day for subscription to the public issue.

Most analysts say the public offer is decently valued and have recommended investors to subscribe to the issue. They say Divgi Torq is one of the few players in the country that has the ability to develop and supply system level transfer cases and is the only company to make torque couplers.

Ahead of the IPO, Divgi has raised Rs 185 crore from anchor investors, in which several mutual funds like ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund, Nippon India Smallcap Fund, Motilal Oswal Large and Midcap Fund among others have participated.

The Divgi TorqTransfer IPO consists of fresh equity issue worth Rs 180 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 39.34 lakh shares by investors and other selling shareholders.

Divgi TorqTransfer Systems plans to raise up to Rs 412 crore through an initial public offer. Of this, Rs 180 crore would be through a fresh issue of shares mainly for expansion plans while the balance is an offer for sale by investors and promoters

IRM Energy’s IPO is a complete fresh issue of up to 10,100,000 equity shares with a face value of Rs 10 per equity share. Meanwhile, Lohia Corp’s public issue is a complete offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 31,695,000 equity shares by existing shareholders with a face value of Re 1 per unit

Going by the draft papers, staffing firm FirstMeridian Business Services Ltd's Rs 740-crore IPO comprises fresh issuance of equity shares worth Rs 50 crore and an Offer-For-Sale (OFS) of Rs 690 crore.

The IPO includes a fresh issue of ₹180 crore and an offer for the sale of up to 3.93 million equity shares. The company intends to meet capital expenditure requirements for the purchase of equipment and machinery from the net proceeds of the fresh issue.

The 62-year-old company, popular for its sustainable and traditional Indian wear, said it may consider going public in the future and that several global ESG-focused funds had expressed an interest to invest. It did not give details.

The red herring prospectus (RHP) of the IPO shows that the weighted average cost of acquisition for Nilekani's firm was Rs 125.28. Considering that shares would be allotted to IPO investors at the upper price band of Rs 590, Nilekani will make a neat profit of Rs 66.98 crore or 370% return from his investment of about Rs 18 crore.

January and February did not see any public issues. The high-profile ₹20,000-crore follow-on public offering of Adani Enterprises was called off after a rout in its share price following a Hindenburg report accusing the conglomerate of stock price 'manipulation' and accounting 'fraud'.

The shares are expected to get listed on the exchanges on March 14. About 75% of the offer is reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), 15% for non-institutional investors and 10% for retail investors.The issue comprises fresh issue of Rs 180 crore and an offer-for-sale of up to 39,34,243 equity shares by promoters and other selling shareholders

Companies from the Middle East raised some $21.9 billion through IPOs in 2022, more than half the total for the wider EMEA region, which also includes Europe and Africa, according to Dealogic data.

The company had filed preliminary IPO papers with Sebi in December last year. The issue consists of a fresh issue of equity shares worth up to Rs 75 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 9,417,500 equity shares by promoter and selling shareholders

The company said the objects of the offer are to achieve the benefits of listing. Further, the listing will enhance its goodwill and provide liquidity to the existing shareholders. The company expects that the proposed listing will also provide a public market for the shares in India.

The reason for the withdrawal was not immediately clear. Joyalukkas did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. The jeweller, based in the southern Indian state of Kerala, operates showrooms across roughly 68 cities and is one of the biggest jewellery retailers in the country.

Recently, the company announced that it won marquee mandates, including Tata Sons, National Skill Development Corporation, Indian Oil, TATA Croma, and Bank of Baroda. The mandate of the National Skill Development Corporation is to transform the brand notion and strengthen the connection with youth.

The IPO comprises a fresh issue of 60,49,600 equity shares and an offer for sale of 5,99,200 equity shares with a face value of 10 per share. The company intends to use the proceeds from the IPO primarily for acquisitions of companies in similar/complementary areas and working capital for expanding the business

ideaForge Technology plans to raise Rs 300 crore through fresh issue of shares; Akme Fintrade IPO comprises fresh issue of 1.10 crore shares of face value Rs 10 each

The IPO comprises a fresh issue of 60,49,600 equity shares and an offer for sale of 5,99,200 equity shares with a face value of 10 per share. The company intends to use the proceeds from the IPO primarily for acquisitions of companies in similar/ complementary areas and working capital for expanding the business.

Udaipur-based Akme Fintrade is primarily engaged in providing rural and semi-urban centric lending solution to customers in four states -- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

The group is currently engaged in exploratory talks with potential overseas investors, such as global insurance firms, to privately place longer-tenor bonds of up to 30-year maturities, said the people cited above. The bonds will carry fixed coupon rates.

The Swiss bank deal and central banks' measures to inject liquidity into the markets are restoring market confidence, leading to a relief rally in risk assets, including the crude markets, CMC Markets analyst Tina Teng said.

There have been over 25 large block deals in the past six months in which foreign funds, including Blackstone, Apax Partners, SoftBank, Tiger Global, Bain Capital and General Atlantic, among others, have sold shares worth nearly ₹35,000 crore. Secondary market deals have largely revived from sustained and continued domestic flows.

The Asia day offered an encouraging start, with Japanese yen cross-currency swaps, a measure of non-U.S. investor demand for dollars, shrinking to minus 35 basis points or half their levels last week, in another sign of respite in market funding conditions.

Last week, overnight interbank call money rates jumped to 6.80%, higher than the marginal standard facility (MSF) rate of 6.75% at the upper band of the interest-rate corridor, pointing to the likely direction in rates toward month-end.

In the past week, the debate in financial markets has been whether the Fed would give precedence to the mess in the US banking industry or continued inflationary pressures while deciding on interest rates in the policy meeting ending March 22. The outcome of the Fed meeting--considered one of the most crucial in recent times-- will set the tone for the markets in the near term.

Realty major DLF will invest around Rs 3,500 crore over the next four years to construct a new luxury housing project in Gurugram as it seeks to tap strong demand for residential properties.

"Metal stocks could see some momentum after China’s central bank cuts CRR by 25bps in an effort to stimulate its economy. Realty stocks are seeing buying interest post DLF announcement of record sales growth. With oil hovering at 15-month low, cement, paints and OMCs would also be in focus," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

On weekly chart, the index has formed a bearish candle with a lower shadow indicating support at lower levels. The Nifty has formed a Doji candlestick pattern on daily chart for two consecutive sessions, indicating indecisiveness amongst market participants.

Globally, people are interested in FDI into India, said Chief executive officer Bruce Flatt in an interview, along with Brookfield president Anuj Ranjan, with ET's Arijit Barman & Bodhisatva Ganguli. Here's an edited excerpts of the interview.

Following news of the Swiss deal, the world’s central banks announced coordinated financial moves to stabilize banks in the coming week. This includes daily access to a lending facility for banks looking to borrow U.S. dollars if they need them, a practice which widely used during the 2008 financial crisis. Three months after Lehman Brothers collapsed in September of 2008, such swap lines had been tapped for $580 billion. Added swap lines were also rolled out during market turmoil in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020.

"The surveillance actions on eligible stocks are applicable as per transparent rules. These rules are non-discretionary, pre-announced and automatically applicable," NSE said in a statement.

US stocks ended lower Friday as banking shares resumed their selloff, with embattled First Republic Bank closing down 33 percent despite a $30 billion rescue package unveiled Thursday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.2 percent lower at 31,861.98 and the broad-based S&P 500 fell 1.1 percent to 3,916.64.

Foreign portfolios have been consistent sellers this year with outflows of Rs 5,294 crore in February and Rs 28,852 crore in January. Since the start of 2023, FPIs have sold equities to the tune of Rs 22,651 crore.This has reflected in the performance of benchmark Nifty, with March being the fourth consecutive month of negative returns. The index is down 6% so far on a year-to-date basis

Interest rates in the US may not come down by the third or fourth quarter, but the markets may start expecting rate cuts in the early next year. Also please look at it, if there are so many issues with the banks and people losing their jobs, it must be also a little bit disinflationary. It has to overall cast a little bit of a gloom on the US job scene," he said

Trading APIs come in handy here as they remove the emotions out of trading thus removing the emotional bias.Other popular trading setups would be ones which seek arbitrage opportunities - basically profiteering from price difference of a stock or instrument listed in two different markets

Due to recent weakness, another round of aggressive Call writing is visible across the strikes and strikes ranging from 17000 to 17200 all holding significant Call open interest of more than 80 lakh shares each. Despite the highest Put base at ATM 17000 strike, we believe closure among Call strikes is crucial for sustainable recovery

Natural gas is a widely used energy source in the industry sector hence its price and industry demand are closely related. The commodity is a large source of energy in industries with applications ranging from heating and cooling to power machinery and equipment. The recent uncertainties in the global economy due to the aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve weighed down industrial activities and thus the demand for fuel

Fixed deposits are a widely popular investment option that provides investors with a guaranteed return over a fixed period of time. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been increasing its policy rates since May 2022, resulting in banks continuously raising interest rates on FDs of varying tenures

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The last month itself had two swings in the Global Debt Market – firstly the Fed suggesting possibility of even higher rate rises due to inflation numbers of January coming in higher at 5.4% as against 5% and strong labour market data of unemployment levels down to 3.4%.

In a recent interview with ET Now, market veteran Shankar Sharma gave his view on the scenario for Indian markets amid Silicon Valley Bank collapse and all the topics which have been in headlines recently.

The six companies had filed their preliminary initial public offering (IPO) papers with Sebi between September 2021 and May 2022 and their papers were returned during January-March (till March 10).

Both TCS and IndusInd bank were under pressure due to issues related to the management. In the case of IndusInd Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave approval for re-appointment of its MD and CEO Sumant Kathpalia only for two years as against three years proposed by the Bank.

After witnessing consistent downgrades in earnings over the last 3-4 years due to incessant headwinds, 3QFY23 was the first quarter of big upgrades.

According to the data with the depositories, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) invested Rs 11,495 crore in Indian equities till March 17.

Brent crude prices recently cracked below the $75/bbl mark, the lowest since March 2021.

That was our call at the start of the year and we still maintain that even though India does not have any big problems per se in terms of the interest rate or inflation or the financial problems which are there right now globally.

The Fed is yet to take a stance on whether they have reached the peak rate hike or not. There are liquidity challenges with some of these banks and there could be a risk to the larger banks as well. Right now, it's a very cautious view. It is very early to say that things could become worse, but we are not even in a position to say that the crisis is over.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the US has affected financial markets across the world, and we saw a downside movement in the Indian markets last week.

The two-day Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve will begin on 21 March 2023, Tuesday. The street will be keeping a close eye on the event following a spate of banking crises that surfaced over the past one week.

The largest Swiss bank is exploring an acquisition of all or parts of its smaller rival at the urging of regulators to halt a crisis of confidence, Bloomberg reported earlier.

"The Swiss National Bank's decision to provide Credit Suisse with significant and inexpensive liquidity fell short of stabilising sentiment in both the equity and credit markets," Goldman Sachs analyst Lotfi Karoui wrote in a note to clients dated March 17.

So still the trend is weak and sell-on-rise is the strategy. 17300 is the stop-loss for Nifty. For Bank Nifty 40000 is the key level on the higher side if any pullback comes in the coming trading sessions.

Overall, about $164 billion was taken from the Fed discount window and the emergency window; if you compare it to 2008 the maximum was at about $111 billion so we have already crossed that. And apart from that the FDIC has pumped in about $150 billion into the bridge banks, into the three banks that it has taken over.

"BlackRock is not participating in any plans to acquire all or any part of Credit Suisse, and has no interest in doing so," the spokesperson told Reuters.

The coming week is again likely to see a slightly tepid start. The levels of 17250 and 17350 are likely to act as potential resistance points. The supports come in at 16900 and 16710 levels. The trading range will continue to stay wider than usual.ET M

​​​ Hence, the performance of banking stocks will be vulnerable in the medium- term, while in the short-term we can have a bounce given the corrective measures. No one is safe from the high interest rate and inflation scenario having an effect on the pricing of equities & the profitability of businesses.

Silicon Valley Bank's balance sheet characteristics made it more sensitive to interest rates changes and ultimately led to risk, the newspaper cited him as saying.

A string of scandals over many years, top management changes, multi-billion dollar losses and an uninspiring strategy can be blamed for the mess that the 167-year-old Swiss lender now finds itself in.

Now, bear in mind that the Swiss National Bank has a lot of assets on their book. I mean, they hold $139 billion of US equity, so they do have enough firepower to resolve this. But this is Europe and Switzerland and it might take longer. But in the US, I think they have handled as well as they could and it was done in a very swift manner.

Credit Suisse saw more than $450 million in net outflows from its U.S. and European managed funds from Monday to Wednesday, Morningstar Direct said.

With weakening EM currencies, the Rupee is also bound to weaken. For now, the central banks across have become the currency manager and have insulated their currencies against the heat of the external environment by using the FX reserves and so did the RBI actively.

The 167-year-old bank is the biggest name ensnared in market turmoil unleashed by the collapse of U.S. lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank over the past week, forcing the Swiss bank to tap $54 billion in central bank funding.

More events unfolded on Wednesday, as Credit Suisse lost almost a quarter of its value to hit a new record low, after the top shareholder Saudi National Bank ruled out more aid leading.