India’s primary market heats up this week with the NSE’s significant IPO and several smaller offerings, reflecting robust investor appetite despite market volatility, and setting the stage for active trading and investment opportunities.
India’s primary market is set for a busy stretch this week, with the National Stock Exchange’s long-awaited initial public offering leading a packed calendar that also includes deals from SS Retail, Jindal Supreme, Hero Motors and Sonaselection. The pipeline reflects a broader rebound in new listings, as issuers continue to tap strong investor appetite despite volatile secondary markets.
The NSE issue is the largest by far. Business Today said the exchange has trimmed the size of the offer for sale to 12.64 crore shares from 14.9 crore shares in its draft prospectus, a reduction of about 15 per cent. The price band has been set at Rs 1,700-Rs 1,785 per share, putting the total issue size at roughly Rs 22,569 crore at the top end. Because it is entirely an offer for sale, the money will go to existing shareholders rather than the exchange itself.
Among the other offers, SS Retail will open its Rs 500-crore float on September 16 and close it on September 18, with an anchor book opening a day earlier. According to Moneycontrol and other market trackers, the issue is split between a Rs 360-crore fresh issue and an Rs 140-crore sale by existing holders, and the company is targeting a valuation of about Rs 3,153 crore. Jindal Supreme, which makes plastic piping products, has also fixed its price band and will open on the same day, while Hero Motors’ Rs 1,000-crore issue will follow the same subscription window.
Sonaselection will launch slightly later, opening on September 17 and closing on September 21. Its Rs 141.57-crore issue is fully fresh, with no offer for sale component, according to Business Today. That makes it structurally different from the larger, mixed-structure offerings elsewhere on the calendar, and it gives the company a direct cash infusion for business use rather than a payout to selling shareholders.
Grey market indications suggest investors are still willing to pay up for several of these names, although such signals are unofficial and often prove unreliable. Business Today reported a premium for the NSE issue of Rs 210, while SS Retail, Jindal Supreme and Hero Motors were also showing double-digit premiums. Sonaselection, by contrast, was trading at no premium in the grey market, suggesting a more cautious start for that float.
If the schedule holds, NSE and Sonaselection are expected to list on September 24, while SS Retail, Jindal Supreme and Hero Motors are due to make their market debut on September 23. The coming week will therefore offer investors a broad test of demand, ranging from a marquee exchange listing to smaller consumer, industrial and auto-parts names.
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