Galaxy Surfactants raises Rs 281 cr from anchor investors

Specialty chemical manufacturer Galaxy Surfactants Limited's initial public offer (IPO) will hit capital market on Monday, 29 January 2018. Galaxy Surfactants, the leading specialty chemicals maker, on Friday announced that it has garnered over Rs 281 crore ahead of its IPO.

The IPO seeks to raise Rs 937 crore from the market. It has finalized allocation of 18,99,500 equity shares to 25 anchor investors at Rs 1,480 per share.

The offer comprises to 63,31,674 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each for cash, Rs 10 aggregating up to Rs 937.09 Cr.

Edelweiss Financial Services, J.M Financial Institutional Securities & ICICI Securities will manage the public issue. The Company’s equity shares will be listing both on BSE and NSE. 

HDFC Bank approves Rs.24,000 Cr from share sale

The top Indian banking and financial services company HDFC Bank today approved a mega-fundraising plan of Rs 24,000 crore to fund its expansion, by selling shares to domestic & international investors including a preferential issue to its parent company HDFC Ltd.

The fundraising plan of HDFC Bank was declared subsequent on its parent company Housing Dev Finance Corpn said that it has approved to raise Rs 13,000 cr, for its fundraising plans.

HDFC Bank said that out of the total sum of Rs 24,000 crore, an amount of Rs 8,500 shall be through the issuance of equity shares, of face value of Rs.2/equity share. The balance amount left after HDFC’s infusion will be raised through the issuance of equity share/ convertible securities/ qualified institutional placement/ American Depository Receipt/ Global Depository Receipt and so on. Following the announcement, shares of HDFC Bank hit an all-time high of Rs 1,905, rising 1.05%.

Wipro to open Rs 11,000 cr share buyback on Nov 29

IT major Wipro Limited has announced that it will launch its Rs 11,000-crore share buyback offer on November 29. Wipro will repurchase up to 343.75 mln fully paid-up equity shares, representing 7.06 percent equity capital of the company, for Rs 320 a unit.

The buyback offer is open to all fully paid-up equity shareholders with a face value of just Rs. 2 each, on a proportionate basis.

Share buybacks help improve earnings per share (EPS) and return surplus cash to shareholders, while also supporting share price during periods of sluggish market conditions

Rupee strengthens by 11 paise against US dollar

The Indian rupee had staged a mild recovery after a 2-session fall and ended higher by 7 paise at 64.96 against the US currency on fresh bouts of dollar selling by banks and exporters.

The rupee advanced by 11 paise to 64.85 v/s the dollar at the interbank FOREX market on Thursday on improved selling of the U.S currency by the exporters and banks. A weak dollar against other major currencies overseas helped the rupee gains.

High volatility and movements of the U.S dollar in global market largely weighed on trade during the day, although the rupee largely withstood the initial uneasy momentum. Sustained capital inflows into equities and debts largely weighed on trading sentiment.

Meantime, Gold edged higher today, after marking a near 3-week high in the last session, because of  the dollar eased, but  palladium remained close to a more than Sixteen-year high touched on Wednesday. Spot gold rose 0.2% at USD 1,283.81 per ounce at morning hours today. 

Indo Rama Synthetics Ltd announces Q2 results

Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited, the largest Manufacturer of polyester fibre, yarn & polyester chips in India, today announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2017. For the quarter ended Sept 30, 2017, the Company achieved net revenue of Rs.618.01 cr versus Rs.593.44 cr in the previous quarter, an increase of Rs.24.57 cr, over previous quarter. The operational EBIDTA for the quarter was Rs.17.21 cr as compared to Rs.5.75 cr in the corresponding quarter of last year. The Company has reported a net loss of Rs.17.67 cr during the quarter ended Sept 30, 2017 as compared to net loss of Rs.14.69 cr in corresponding quarter, last year.

HDFC Life Insurance IPO Opens For Subscription till Nov 9

HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company (HDFC Life) aims to go public with its IPO, which opened today and will close on 9 November 2017.  HDFC Life issue was subscribed 5% at 11:45 am, as per NSE data.

HDFC Life has expected to garner Rs 8,695.01 crore at the upper end of the price band through its share sale in a 3-day bidding process starting today. The company has set a price band of Rs 275 - 290 for its IPO, in which HDFC will offload 9.52% and Standard Life will do 5.4% each. 

The total number of shares on sale are 29.98 crore with each having a face value of Rs.10. After the IPO, HDFC Life's market cap will range between Rs. 55,247 crore and Rs. 58,260 crore at the lower and upper share price, respectively.  

Reliance Nippon AMC to be listed on NSE on Nov 6

The shares of Reliance Nippon AMC will be listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, Nov 6. The listing ceremony at NSE will be attended by the Reliance group chairman Anil Ambani; Anmol Ambani, ED, Reliance Capital; among other company dignitaries of the company.

The initial offer sale aimed at raising an estimated Rs. 1,542.24 crore, received bids for 3,493 mln shares against the total issue size of 4,28,40,000.

The IPO had opened for subscription from Oct 25- 27, 2017 in a price band of Rs. 247- 252, which was oversubscribed by 81.54 times at the close of the bidding.

The Rs 1,540 crore IPO saw healthy demand in all three investor categories.  The institutional portion was oversubscribed 118 times; HNI segment was oversubscribed by 209.44 times and retail investor portion by five times.

Khadim India Public Offer sees 7% subscription on first day

Khadim India Limited is Kolkata based largest footwear company in India. It has a strong presence in eastern India and has placed itself as an affordable brand. The company has 853 branded exclusive retail units in 23 states and one Union territory.

Khadim’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been subscribed 7% on the first day of share sale on Thursday. The Offer will close on Nov 6.

After lunch hours of trading time, the IPO received bids for 3,42,780 shares against the total issue size of 50,73,006 shares, as per NSE data. With a price band of Rs. 745 to 750 per share, Khadim India is aiming to garner Rs. 543 crore through the share sale. 

Mahindra Logistics is all set to launch its Rs. 829 crore IPO on Tuesday

Mahindra Logistics Limited, the subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), is all set to launch its Rs. 829 Cr Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Tuesday, 31 October, 2017, at the upper end of the price band. The company has set a price band of Rs 425 - 429 per share for its offer. The offer will remain open for 3 days for subscription from 31 Oct to 2nd Nov 2017.

The IPO will be based on 100 percent share sale through the Offer-for-sale (OFS) route from its on-hand shareholders of 1.93 cr with total equity shares of face value of Rs.10 each. The IPO of Mahindra Logistics Ltd, however, does not hold fresh issue of equity shares.

Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and Axis Capital are the book running lead managers to the issue. Mahindra Logistics is a part of the Mahindra Partners Division of the Mahindra Group which operates in two separate business viz. supply chain management (SCM) and corporate people transport solutions (PTS). 

HDFC Bank, Infosys Ltd Flat Ahead Of Q2

Sensex and Nifty opened on a positive note on Monday. Sensex gained over 100 pts and Nifty crossed the 10,200 level. HDFC Bank shares Flat were trading on a flat note ahead of Sept quarter earnings. HDFC Bank stock rose about 0.6 % to Rs 1,875 in later morning hours today. Its net interest income rose 20.2%  to Rs 9,610 crore V/s Rs. 7,994 crore year-on-year, while net profit seen increasing 20.7% Rs 4,171 crore from Rs 3,455 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Shares of Infosys Ltd also were trading flat in morning trade on Tuesday ahead of its results of Q2 Sept 30, 2017. Infosys will announce its financial results after market hours today. The scrip was trading 0.01% down at Rs 939.60 in the morning hours. Its shares opened at Rs 945 and touched a high of Rs 947.50 and low of Rs 937, during the time.

As per Reliance Securities estimation, Infosys Ltd may report revenue of Rs 17,560 crore in Quarter-2 FY-18 over Rs 17,078 crore in Quarter-FY 18. It said, the USD revenue is expected to jump by 3.6% on QoQ, while revenue in constant currency growth is pegged at 2.4% on QoQ.