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Central Bank to list today; Expected to list around Rs 140
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Central Bank to list today; Expected to list around Rs 140
After overwhelming response to its initial public offering, public sector institution, Central Bank of India will list on the bourses today. The stock will also start trading in F&O market with a lot size of 2000 shares.
Analysts expect that the stock is likely to list above Rs 135 and advised to book profits above Rs 140.
The company had come out with an initial public offering of 80,000,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price to be decided through a 100% book building process. The offer price has been fixed at Rs 102 per share.
The issue proceeds will be utilized to augment the capital base of the bank to meet the future capital requirements arising out of the implementation of the Basel II standards and the growth in assets, primarily the loan and investment portfolio due to the growth of the Indian economy and for other general corporate purposes.