Jana Small Finance Bank Debuts Weakly, Shares Listed at Discount
Feb 14, 2024 13:45
Jana Small Finance Bank shares listed at a 4% discount on the bourses, despite strong IPO subscription. The stock opened at Rs 396 on NSE and BSE, while the Sensex and Nifty saw losses.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) Shares of Jana Small Finance Bank made a weak debut on the bourses on Wednesday listed with a 4 per cent discount against the issue price of Rs 414.
The stock started the trade at Rs 396 each on both NSE and BSE, a discount of 4.35 per cent over the issue price of Rs 414.
In the mid-session trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex slumped 237.86 points or 0.33 per cent to 71,317.33 points, while NSE Nifty slipped 0.24 per cent to 21,690.35 points.
The initial public offering (IPO) of Jana Small Finance Bank received 18.50 times subscription on the closing day of share sale on February 9.
The Bengaluru-headquartered firm's Initial Public Offering (IPO) had a fresh issue of up to Rs 462 crore and an Offer For Sale (OFS) of up to 26,08,629 shares. Shares were available for bidding in the price range of Rs 393-414 apiece.
Jana Small Finance Bank had garnered Rs 167 crore from anchor investors on February 6.
The bank will use the money from the fresh issue to augment its core capital to meet future capital requirements and improve its capital adequacy ratio.
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