Shares of New India Assurance Company (NIACL), IFCI, and others surged up to 14% on Thursday after the draft IPO papers filed by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) named the companies as the selling shareholders in the OFS component of the public issue that is expected to be India’s largest in history.
Shares of New India Assurance Company shares rallied 14% to Rs 188. While, that of IFCI rose over 4% to Rs 94 apiece on NSE. Bank of Baroda and General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) followed suit, up around 2% at Rs 287. Meanwhile, SBI traded marginally higher.