Mumbai, April 5 (IANS) India’s primary market activity picked up sharply in March 2026, with as many as 38 companies filing preliminary IPO papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).The number marks a significant increase compared with 22 filings in March 2025 and 16 in March 2024, SEBI data showed, pointing to a strengthening pipeline of public issues.Market participants attributed the spike to a mix of rising confidence among issuers and the strategic timing of filings to…
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New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) India’s primary market has started 2026 on a strong note, with initial public offerings (IPOs) raising $2.5 billion in the first quarter, marking a 7.8 per cent increase year-on-year (YoY) and the highest first-quarter performance since 2018, a new report said on Thursday.India remained a key global IPO destination, accounting for around 8 per cent of worldwide proceeds during the quarter, according to a report by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).The broader equity …
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India’s venture capital ecosystem raised roughly $16 billion in 2025 and saw deal activity grow about 18 per cent year‑on‑year, with transactions exceeding 1,300 across stages, a report said on Wednesday.The report from Bain & Company said growth was broad‑based, driven by strong activity in sub‑$50 million deals while the upper end also gained momentum with scaled transactions above $250 million doubling to eight.Fintech deal value rebounded about 2.2 times…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has initiated the process for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) by reaching out to existing shareholders to gauge their interest in participating through the offer for sale (OFS) route, according to sources.In a communication to investors, the exchange has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from shareholders willing to offload part or all of their holdings as part of the proposed public issue. It marks a formal step for…
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Shares of Bajaj Housing Finance remained under pressure on Friday, extending their prolonged downtrend and hitting a fresh all-time low on the stock exchanges. The stock slipped nearly 4 per cent during the session to touch Rs 76.29 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).By around noon, the stock was hovering close to its day’s low at Rs 76.41, with strong trading activity as nearly 7 million shares changed hands.The sharp fall has brought the stock close to its issue pri…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government has amended rules governing minimum public shareholding for large companies by introducing a tiered structure that allows large firms to offer a smaller portion of shares to the public during IPO, and do staged increases to the 25 per cent level.The amendment links minimum public offers to a company’s post‑issue capital at the IPO price. Companies with post‑issue capital above Rs 1,600 crore but up to Rs 4,000 crore must offer shares worth at least…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) India’s deal activity remained resilient in February, recording 278 transactions worth $5.4 billion — up 34 per cent sequentially in terms of volumes, a report said on Tuesday.The report from Grant Thornton Bharat said the surge was led by private equity and venture capital participation, which recorded 169 deals worth $2.8 billion, the highest monthly deal count in four years.”While overall deal values saw only a modest recovery, the surge in volumes signals renewed …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) — the IIT Bombay-backed broad-spectrum technology business incubator — is selling about 4 lakh shares in the SEDEMAC Mechatronics initial public offering (IPO), according to the filings.The company’s red herring prospectus (RHP) has highlighted that SINE will offload 4,08,000 equity shares.On a pre-offer paid-up equity share capital basis, this represents 0.92 per cent, indicating that the incubator is expected to e…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Shares of Omnitech Engineering made a weak debut on the Indian stock exchanges on Thursday, listing at Rs 205 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), nearly 10 per cent below the company’s IPO price of Rs 227 per share.The precision-engineered components maker also listed at a discount on the National Stock Exchange of India, where the stock opened at Rs 202 apiece, about 11 per cent lower than its issue price.Despite the weak start, the stock witnessed buying interest so…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) IPO-bound Skyways Air Services Ltd, a Delhi-based air freight forwarding and logistics company, is facing an FIR — filed with the Delhi Wing of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) by UK-based PG Paper Company Limited – over an alleged “large-scale fraud” to the tune of Rs 480 crore involving nine firms/persons (including Skyways Air Services Ltd).The FIR with EOW Delhi, a copy of which was accessed by IANS, states that the UK-based firm filed the complaint against nine a…