The two mega initial public offerings coming up in India are joined at the hip by retail sentiment. The $7 billion question is if the glue will hold.
If gray-market prices are to be believed, both the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.’s $3 billion IPO and a $4 billion debut of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom and digital media empire are likely to find keen interest among local investors desperate for some excitement, the kind that secondary markets have been failing to provide lately.