Shares of Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd made a solid market debut on Monday and ended with a huge premium of nearly 136 per cent against the issue price of Rs 70.
The stock was listed at Rs 150 on the BSE and NSE, reflecting a jump of 114.28 per cent from the issue price.
It zoomed 135.7 per cent to settle at Rs 164.99 — its upper circuit limit — on the BSE.
At the NSE, shares of the firm surged 135.71 per cent to settle at the upper circuit limit of Rs 165.
The company’s market valuation stood at Rs 137,406.09 crore.
In traded volume terms, 608.99 lakh shares of the firm were traded on the BSE and 6,367.27 lakh shares on the NSE during the session.
“Magnificent subscription demand by breaking all records got listed as per our expectation.
“We believe Bajaj brand always rewarded investors and housing finance business give similar opportunity to invest in one of India’s leading players in the housing finance sector,” Prashanth Tapse, senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said.
The Rs 6,560-crore initial public offer of Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd received 63.60 times subscription on September 11, the last day of bidding, amid overwhelming participation from institutional buyers.
The initial share sale had a price band for the offer at Rs 66-70 per share.
The IPO had a fresh issue of equity shares of up to Rs 3,560 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of equity shares worth Rs 3,000 crore by parent Bajaj Finance.
In the equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 97.84 points or 0.12 per cent to settle at a new record peak of 82,988.78.
During the day, it jumped 293.4 points or 0.35 per cent to hit a fresh lifetime intra-day high of 83,184.34.
The NSE Nifty went up by 27.25 points or 0.11 per cent to settle at 25,383.75.
During the day, the benchmark gained 89.2 points or 0.35 per cent to hit a new intra-day record peak of 25,445.70.
The share sale was conducted to comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) regulations, which require upper-layer non-banking finance companies to be listed on stock exchanges by September 2025.
Proceeds from the fresh issue will be used to augment the company’s capital base to meet future capital requirements.
It is a non-deposit-taking housing finance company registered with the National Housing Bank in September 2015.
The firm offers financial solutions for purchasing and renovating residential and commercial properties.
It has been identified and categorised as an “upper layer” NBFC by the RBI, and its comprehensive mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.
