Fund raising from equity markets hit a five-year high in 2014-15 despite a lackluster showing by IPOs (initial public offerings).

Shares of Monte Carlo ended at Rs 566.40 on BSE. About 76 lakh shares changed hands on both the exchanges on the first day.

In 2012, Actis bought a 16% stake for $ 40 ( Rs 220 crore) million again valuing the firm for around $250 million ( Rs 1,375 crore).

The two main IPO were that of Sharda Cropchem and Shemaroo Entertainment. Among the SME IPOs, Momai Apparels topped the chart.

Wonderla Holidays had surged 28 per cent on its debut in May after its initial public offer of shares in April was subscribed 38 times.

Looking to tap upbeat investor sentiments, Uniparts India and PNC Infratech are the latest companies to file IPO papers with Sebi.

Shares of Sharda Cropchem today made an impressive market debut, surging nearly 48 per cent over the issue price of Rs 156 per share.

Shemaroo entered the capital market with an initial public offer of shares in the price band of Rs 155-170 to raise about Rs 100 crore.

Shemaroo Entertainment had on Monday sold shares worth Rs 36 crore to nine anchor investors including Birla Sunlife and HDFC mutual funds.

The category for retail individual investors was subscribed 0.53 times, while non institutional investors received 0.01 times subscription.

Snowman also into a niche business of cold storages. The only thing is that it is one business model wherein you need to continue to invest.

Rates have been coming down since 2011 when Sebi introduced a facility called Asba which allowed HNIs to bid for as many shares as possible.

Institutions applied for nearly 32 times the shares that were set aside for them, while HNIs bid for 251 times the shares reserved for the ...

Shemaroo has offered a 10 per cent discount to retail subscribers. Of the total shares offered, 60 per cent will be offered to qualified in...

Sharda Cropchem is a marketing-focussed agrochemicals company promoted by the Bubna family with over 60 per cent of turnover coming in from...

An analysis of all IPOs that have hit the market so far this year shows that most of these public offers were on the SME platforms,

Sharda is engaged in marketing and distribution of a wide range of formulations and generic active ingredients globally.