Reliance Power Ltd.'s 117 billion rupee ($2.98 billion) initial public offering has been set at 450 rupees a share, company Chairman Anil Ambani said.India's largest capital raising closed to record subscriptions as investors submitted bids valued at more than 7.5 trillion rupees. Demand for the issue, which was open for subscriptions between Jan. 15 and Jan. 18, exceeded supply by 72.9 times.
"This is the largest-ever subscription in the history of global capital markets. It received applications from more than five million retail participants," Mr. Ambani said.
Carpe offers no comment, but isn't this precisely the sort of looniness that cries out "bubble"? (Message brought to you by a guy who thought Google was overpriced at 300.--ed)
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