Tuesday 8 September 2009

Oil India IPO overbid 1.41 times: Should you subscribe?

Oil India Ltd. (OIL), the second largest oil and gas company in India, opened its initial public offering (IPO) of 26.45 lakh equity shares of face value Rs 10 each for subscription today. Its issue price has been fixed at Rs 950-1050 per equity share and it will raise around Rs 2,512 - Rs 2,777 crore.

It has been subscribed 1.41 times so far and has received bids for 3.72 crore shares as against issue size. Till yesterday, its QIB (qualified institutional investors) portion subscribed 2.3 times.

Moneycontrol.com conducted a poll among market experts to find out if you should subscribe to the issue or not. While most experts say 'subscribe', SP Tulsian and Sajeev Dhawan say 'avoid'. Moreover, those who advice to subscribe believe that this will be a long-term bet.

Source: MoneyControl

Posted by Harsh at 04:45

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