The National Stock Exchange (NSE) attracted demand worth around Rs 90,000 crore for its initial public offering (IPO), setting a new subscription benchmark among India’s five largest IPOs, with qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) driving bidding on the final day.
The Rs 22,561.57 crore public issue, the second-largest IPO in India by issue size after Hyundai Motor India, received bids for 50,58,11,384 shares against 8,86,42,911 shares on offer. This translated into an overall subscription of 5.71 times at the close of the bidding window, according to NSE data.