Paytm shares make tepid debut; list with over 9% discount

Nov 18, 2021
FILE PHOTO The interface of Indian payments app Paytm is seen in front of its l

[ad_1]

Ant Group-backed Paytm’s ₹18,300 crore IPO was oversubscribed 1.89 occasions on the final day of India’s greatest share sale final week.

Shares of One97 Communications Ltd, Paytm’s father or mother firm, on Thursday made a tepid market debut, itemizing with a reduction of over 9% from the problem value of ₹2,150.

The inventory was listed at ₹1,955, slipping 9% from the problem value on the BSE. It then tumbled 20.67% to ₹1,705.55.

On the NSE, it debuted at ₹1,950, registering a decline of 9.30% towards the problem value.

“Paytm, the most important IPO in India thus far debuted the secondary market on a weaker notice as in comparison with our expectations of a flat itemizing,” Santosh Meena, Head of Analysis, Swastika Investmart Ltd, mentioned.

The corporate commanded a market valuation of ₹1,26,737.50 crore in early commerce on the BSE.

Ant Group-backed Paytm’s ₹18,300 crore IPO was oversubscribed 1.89 occasions on the final day of India’s greatest share sale final week. This was better than miner Coal India’s ₹15,000 crore supply a decade again.

The preliminary public providing of Paytm’s father or mother firm One97 Communications Ltd obtained bids for 9.14 crore fairness shares towards the supply measurement of 4.83 crore shares, in line with info out there with inventory exchanges on November 10.

Paytm had fastened its IPO in a value band of ₹2,080-2,150 per share.

Integrated in 2000, One97 Communications is India’s main digital ecosystem for customers and retailers.

It affords a spread of providers, together with fee providers and monetary providers.

Launched by a son of a faculty trainer from a small city Aligarh practically a decade in the past as a platform for mobile recharging, Paytm grew quickly after ride-hailing company Uber listed it as a quick value risk.


Supply- thehindu