Tata Technologies to boost India’s hot IPO market on trading debut
By Ashutosh Joshi and Filipe Pacheco
India’s busy market for initial public offerings is set to get a boost as shares of Tata Technologies Ltd., the first company from the salt-to-software conglomerate to list since 2004, begin trading in Mumbai Thursday.
Tata Technologies’ IPO raised Rs 3,040 crore ($365 million), with shares being sold at Rs 500 each, the top of the marketed range. Demand exceeded shares on offer by 69 times, as investors piled into the engineering unit of luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover’s owner Tata Motors Ltd.
The sale comes as India logs a record number of listings in 2023, fueled by a booming stock market and optimism about the country’s economic growth. The frenzy reached a fever pitch last week when first-time share sales from f...