India’s largest commodity exchange by turnover - Multi Commodity Exchange’s (MCX) initial public offer (IPO) was oversubscribed 3.10 times till 1600hrs on the second day of issue. As per the data available with the NSE, total bid of 170,44,986 shares were received for the issue of 55,00,772 shares and 98,13,558 bids were received at the cut-off price. The exchange aims Rs 663 crore from this offer.
The exchange has set the price band of Rs 860 to Rs 1,032 a share having face value of Rs 10 each. The issue will close on February 24, 2012. Edelweiss Capital, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are the book running lead managers and Karvy Computershare is the registrar to the issue.
MCX, which will be country’s first exchange to be listed on the bourses, presently enjoys more than 80% market share of the Rs 144 lakh-crore commodity futures market. With this offer, the existing shareholders viz. Financial Technologies, SBI, Corporation Bank, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, GLG Finanials and Alexandra Mauritius will sell nearly 12.6% of their share from MCX’s paid-up capital.
Placed its footmark eight years ago, MCX specialises in offering precious and industrial metals and energy futures contracts. Gold and silver futures post the highest trading turnover, followed by energy, metals and agricultural products. Presently, the equity shares are proposed to be listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and will be listed at a later date on the National Stock Exchange.
| Company Name | CMP |
|---|---|
| Motilal Oswal Fin | 815.95 |
| Angel One | 323.35 |
| IIFL Capital Service | 313.40 |
| Nuvama Wealth | 1403.20 |
| Share India Sec. | 147.05 |
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