The government has fixed the price band for the much hyped initial public offer (IPO) of Oil India at Rs 950-1,050 a share. The price band was fixed by a Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The IPO of the Oil India will be the second state-run firm to hit the market this year after NHPC and likely to raise Rs 4,507- Rs 4,982 crore from the issue of which Government would earn Rs 1,995-Rs 2,205 crore and the company would get Rs 2,512 to Rs 2,777 crore respectively. (more…)