INDIA IPO
07 November, 2026
Recent IPO Updates
- India’s primary market raised a record ₹2.23 trillion through 375 mainboard and SME IPOs during Samvat 2082, up 19.6% year-on-year, with 230 issues listing above their offer prices.
- Investors questioned Anthropic’s proposed $1.5-trillion valuation ahead of its planned IPO, seeking more attractive pricing and clarity on revenue growth, losses and the timing of its investor roadshow.
P.E. & Funding Updates
- Telugu actor Mahesh Babu made an undisclosed strategic investment in Mumbai-based Shortgun Games, taking a minority stake to support the development of its lagship PC and console title, Project Takedown.
- Autonomous robotics startup Ottonomy raised $4.2 million (around â‚ą40.6 crore) in a post-seed round led by Japan-based Enrission India Capital to expand its hospital and industrial delivery robot business globally.
- Hyderabad-based spacetech startup Cosmoserve raised $6 million in a seed round led by Rebright Partners, with Aranya Holdings, Naandi Ventures, AUM Ventures and Shakti VC participating, to develop space-debris removal technology and expand its new facility.
- ValueQuest’s Tristar Fund committed ₹300 crore to Chennai- based TASE Global, a precision engineering manufacturer supplying global original equipment manufacturers and Tier- 1 suppliers.
- Alphabet acquired a nearly $548-million stake in Qualcomm during the third quarter, strengthening their partnership as Qualcomm expands its data-centre business and AI infrastructure capabilities.
- DLF will invest â‚ą3,750 crore in a joint venture with Singapore-based Everstone to acquire a 40% stake in IREO India Companies, expanding its presence across NCR. By
Business & Economic Updates
- Domestic institutional investors invested a record ₹8.55 trillion in equities during Samvat 2082, offsetting foreign portfolio investors’ record net outlows of ₹4.55 trillion amid global market uncertainty.
- Samvat 2082 ended with the Sensex and Nifty declining 4% and 3.1%, respectively, marking their weakest Samvat performance in 15 years despite a late-market recovery.
- The government approved 12 additional projects under the â‚ą40,000-crore Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, taking approved applications to 118, with proposed investments of â‚ą7,503 crore and production worth â‚ą39,045 crore.
- India and the European Union concluded negotiations for India’s association with the €95- billion Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, expanding scientiic collaboration ahead of the proposed trade agreement.
- States’ capital expenditure is projected to rise 10–12% to ₹8.5 trillion in FY27, supported by higher central assistance and urban infrastructure spending, according to Crisil Ratings.
- E-way bill generation increased 23.14% year-on-year to a record 156.21 million in October 2026, indicating stronger goods movement and economic activity following GST rate rationalisation. th By
- FISME urged the government to provide additional funding for the â‚ą2.55-trillion Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0, as eligible MSME loan applications remain pending after guarantee allocations were exhausted.
- Floods and other natural calamities increased underwriting pressure on general insurers in Q2 FY27, with New India Assurance’s combined ratio rising to 156.2% and ICICI Lombard reporting ₹118 crore in lood-related losses.
- NBFC gold loans surged 66.1% year-on-year to â‚ą3.74 trillion in September 2026, outpacing growth in other major retail loan categories, according to RBI data.
- Bank fraud cases declined 57% year-on-year to 10,114 in FY26, but the amount involved rose to â‚ą480 billion, with public sector banks accounting for 74.5% of fraud value.
- The Centre prepared contingency plans for 225 districts amid weak rabi sowing, with crop coverage around 3.8 million hectares by October 30, nearly 46% below the previous year.
- The government directed traders, wholesalers, retailers, processors and millers nationwide to declare rice and paddy stocks weekly, while ive southern states were authorised to impose stock limits.
- Wall Street showed signs of stabilisation after a $2.5-trillion technology-stock sell-off, with the Nasdaq rising 2.3% on Friday as investors bought beaten-down AI stocks.
- Festive-season online sales are projected to reach ₹1.50–1.55 lakh crore in 2026, up 25–29% year-on-year, putting pressure on logistics networks, with delivery firms increasing frontline stafing by 30–50%.
- Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to its worst pre-Diwali level in eight years, prompting the implementation of GRAP-3 restrictions. Schools shifted classes online as PM2.5 levels surged.
- Foreign portfolio investors bought a record â‚ą45,960 crore of Indian equities during the week, while domestic institutional investors recorded their largest-ever weekly net outlow of â‚ą24,197 crore, supporting the market rally.
- India’s automobile retail sales are expected to cross 30 million units in 2026, potentially setting a record, despite October sales declining 23.8% year-on-year to 3.17 million units.
- Electric vehicle registrations across all four segments reached a record 3.55 lakh units in October 2026, up 44.88% year-on-year, led by strong growth in electric commercial and passenger vehicles.
- The Department of Telecommunications is working with telecom operators and infrastructure providers to strengthen cybersecurity measures against AI-led attacks targeting critical digital infrastructure. th By
- E-commerce and quick-commerce platforms recorded a surge in festive demand ahead of Diwali, with overall order volumes rising 21% year-on-year and quick-commerce volumes growing 75%.
- The government invited applications for tariff-rate quotas covering 24,500 passenger vehicles imported from the UK in 2027 under the India-UK trade agreement, including 2,750 completely built units.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet state chief secretaries on December 26–27 to discuss deregulation, technology-led governance, infrastructure development and multi-year development plans.
- India’s retail inlation is projected to rise to 6.1% in October, a 24-month high, exceeding the RBI’s 6% upper tolerance limit for the first time in two years, according to an FE poll.
- Gold and silver sales during Dhanteras rose an estimated 10% to â‚ą66,000 crore, while automakers reported strong festive demand, with Maruti Suzuki expecting around 30,000 vehicle deliveries during the festival.
- The government relaxed overseas listing norms, allowing eligible unlisted GIFT City companies to access foreign stock exchanges. Companies can list equity shares, convertible debentures and preference shares, subject to speciied conditions.
- Angel One became India’s second-largest stockbroker with 7 million active clients on the NSE at October-end, according to the exchange’s latest data. th By
- Indian engineering stocks faced selling pressure amid AI-related investment concerns, rising input costs and margin pressures. Cummins India and Thermax shares fell 8.7% and 18.4%, respectively, over ive sessions.
- Bharti Airtel overtook Jio Platforms to become India’s second-most valuable company, with a market capitalisation of ₹13.08 lakh crore, following a 24% rise in Q2 net proit.
- The rupee strengthened 56 paise to 93.91 against the dollar, supported by falling crude prices and foreign inlows. FPIs purchased $1.5 billion in equities on Friday.
- Indian government bonds recorded their strongest weekly gains since October 2019, as falling crude prices and expectations of easing geopolitical tensions triggered a global bond rally.
- NBFC credit grew 15.4% year-on-year to â‚ą61.69 lakh crore in September 2026, led by gold loans and consumer durables inancing, according to RBI data.
- State Bank of India purchased over â‚ą17,000 crore of retail loans through securitisation in H1 FY27, including secured and unsecured loans from NBFCs, HFCs and MFIs.
- The Sensex gained 8.82% and the Nifty 8.58% in seven sessions, marking their strongest weekly performance in six years and adding â‚ą30.4 lakh crore to investor wealth.
- Banks raised deposit rates amid tightening liquidity, with PNB, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank and Bank of India revising select tenures as credit demand and festive funding needs strengthened.
- Bharti Airtel restored its â‚ą299 prepaid plan with reduced daily data beneits after withdrawing it in August, as monthly mobile subscriber churn increased to 2.9% from 2.6%.
- Passenger vehicle retail sales declined 14.23% year-on-year to 5.07 lakh units in October 2026, although monthly sales rose 18.66% from September, according to FADA.
- IOC, BPCL and HPCL rejected Karnataka’s allegations of excessive ethanol blending, stating that 893 petrol samples tested across 27 states and Union Territories met prescribed limits.
- Electricity traded through IEX’s real-time market more than doubled to 5,670 million units in October 2026, while its share of electricity volumes increased to 43%.
- The government directed Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana to impose stock limits on rice varieties until January 31, 2027, amid rising prices.
- Indian sugar mills produced 1.28 million tonnes in the 2026–27 season following early crushing, compared with 0.32 million tonnes during the corresponding period last year.
- Former West Virginia governor and US Senator John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV died at 89. A Democrat, he championed healthcare access, poverty alleviation and beneits for coal miners and uninsured children. th By
Geopolitical Updates
- US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev and indicated that a Ukraine peace agreement could emerge soon, ahead of planned Russia- Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi.
- US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed diplomatic efforts to end the Iran war, with Qatar mediating between Washington and Tehran. “Term of the day” Rolling Settlement: A Rolling Settlement is a settlement system in which each trade is settled after a predetermined number of working days from the trade date. In the Indian equity market, trades are currently settled on a T+1 basis, meaning settlement generally takes place on the next working day after the transaction.
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