In the first quarter of current financial year, Indian companies have raised a massive Rs 1,72,818 crore from the markets as compared to Rs 72,085 crore same quarter of previous year. It was more than double the amount garnered in the year- ago period. Of total, Rs 1,42,334 crore has been raised via debt market, while Rs 30,484 crore was mopped up through equity route. The companies have raised the said funds mainly for expansion of business plans and to support working capital requirements.
In the equity segment, majority of the funds of Rs 17,398 crore were raised through preferential route, followed by rights issue Rs 7,498 crore, qualified institutional placements Rs 3,265 crore and initial public offers Rs 2,324 crore. Within the debt market, the companies raked in Rs 1,41,624 crore through debt placement route, while just Rs 710 crore was raised via public issuance of debt securities.
In the April- June quarter of current financial year, companies preferred debt route over equity for mobilizing money, while in the equity segment, most of the fresh capital were raised through preferential allotment and rights issue. In the last financial year, companies had raised a total of Rs 4.80 lakh crore from equity and debt markets as compared to Rs 3.92 lakh crore raked in the preceding financial year.
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