The Indian IPO market has started 2026 quietly, with no public motherboard releases opening for subscriptions in the first week of January. Instead, investor activity will be limited to three IPOs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), reflecting the cautious mood typical of the first part of the calendar year.January often starts slowly as investors […]
Dalal Street is gearing up for another busy week of public offerings, led by the highly anticipated IPO of Groww, which will test investor appetite for India’s new fintech stocks amid a wave of regulatory and market volatility. In addition, a handful of smaller SME issues will also come to market, keeping private investors involved. […]
In a sharp critique of India’s IPO ecosystem, veteran investor and GQuant Investech founder Shankar Sharma has described India’s public markets as the “dumbest in the history of IPO markets”, a sentiment sparked by the recent pre-IPO activity surrounding Lenskart. Sharma pointed to what he called a systemic pattern of retail investor manipulation and flawed […]
The outsized gains of the past from Indian IPOs will fade in 2025 as investors become more discerning in what remains one of the hottest IPO markets in the world. The average return for stocks one month after listing has shrunk to 2.9% this year, compared with 22% last year and 25% in 2023, according […]
The three IPOs from Urban Company, Shringar House and DEV Accelerator received an overwhelming question from investors, because investors committed a cumulative amount of RS 1.22 Lakh Crore. Urban Company has caught the highest bids for nearly 1000 crore shares, against 10 crore shares that are offered. The issue, which was priced on RS 103, […]
Bluestone Jewelry and Lifestyle’s RS 1,541 CRORE IPO is generally 66% subscribed according to the last update on the third and last day of bidding. Under investor segments, qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) have shown a relatively stronger interest, who are subscribed to 85% of their assigned part. In the gray market, the answer to the […]