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Shares of IRCTC fell more than 5% in morning trade on the BSE on Thursday as the sale of the government’s up to 5% stake in the company kicked off.
The government’s offer-for-sale (OFS) of up to 5% stake in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) at a floor price of ₹680 a share opened for institutional investors on Thursday.
The OFS includes base issue size of 2 crore shares or 2.5% stake, with an option to retain over-subscription of another 2.5%, taking the total issue size to up to 4 crore shares or 5% stake.
Till 11.25 a.m., bids for over 8.75 lakh shares came in, which is about 0.05 times of the base issue size of 2 crore shares.
The indicative bid price is ₹683.87 a share, as per NSE data. Shares of IRCTC slid on the bourses on Thursday over Wednesday’s closing price of ₹734.70.
The floor price of ₹680 for OFS is at a discount of more than 7% over Wednesday’s closing price. The stock opened at ₹698 and fell 5.38% to a low of ₹695.20.
The OFS will open for subscription by retail investors on Friday. The government currently holds 67.40% stake in IRCTC.
Proceeds from IRCTC OFS will add to the disinvestment kitty of the government, which has already raised ₹28,383 crore from CPSE stake sale so far this fiscal year against the full year budget target of ₹65,000 crore.
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