Cochin Shipyard IPO a huge hit, oversubscribed 76 times

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The initial share sale offer of Cochin Shipyard garnered strong demand from investors with the issue getting oversubscribed 76.12 times on the last day of the bidding today.

The IPO, to raise up to Rs 1,468 crore, received bids for over 258 crore against the total issue size of 3,39,84,000 shares, data available with the till 1930 hours showed.


The category reserved for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) was oversubscribed 63.52 times, non-institutional investors 288.87 times and retail investors 8.28 times.

Till close of bidding yesterday, the IPO was oversubscribed 3.16 times.

The IPO of public sector unit Cochin Shipyard is in a price band of Rs 424-432.

Capital Markets, Edelweiss Financial Services and Institutional Securities are the book running lead managers to the issue.

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