India's Swiggy sees shares jump about 8% on debut after country's second-largest IPO this year

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Swiggy transportation squad stitchery aft attempting Guinness World grounds rubric for largest Vada Pav (Indian Burger) transportation crossed Mumbai. Swiggy squad delivered eleven 1000 (11,000) Vada Pav (Indian Burger) crossed the metropolis creating a Guinness World record. 

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Shares of Indian nutrient transportation elephantine Swiggy roseate astir 8% connected their trading debut Wednesday aft its IPO became the country's 2nd largest this year.

The institution raised 113.27 cardinal Indian rupees ($1.34 billion) successful its IPO that closed Monday, pricing its shares astatine 390 rupees apiece. The IPO was reportedly oversubscribed much than 3 times, according to Indian concern outlet Mint.

The listing comes adjacent connected the heels of Hyundai Motor India's 278.56 cardinal rupee IPO successful October, India's largest ever IPO by magnitude raised.

The shares allocated to qualified organization buyers were subscribed much than six times, according to Mint, portion the information fixed to retail investors was 114% subscribed.

The IPO comprised some an connection for the merchantability of existing shares, worthy 68.28 cardinal rupees, and a caller contented of shares, worthy 44.99 cardinal rupees.

The pb bookrunners for this IPO included Kotak Mahindra Capital, J.P. Morgan India, and Citigroup Global Markets India.

Swiggy said the nett proceeds of 43.59 cardinal rupees from the caller contented of shares volition beryllium utilized to wage down borrowings successful its subsidiary Scootsy, arsenic good arsenic for further concern successful the subsidiary.

Proceeds could besides beryllium utilized to money inorganic maturation "through unidentified acquisitions and wide firm purposes," among different things.

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