Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Nelcast lists at 15% premium to issue price

Nelcast Ltd. listed at Rs 252 at a 15% premium on the NSE against issue price of Rs 219 per share. At 10:21 AM, the scrip was at Rs 221.40, up Rs 2.40 or 1.10% on the NSE with volume of 16,97,197 shares. So far, it rose to a high of Rs 274 and low of Rs 215.

The company has raised Rs 95.26 crore from its public issue of 43.50-lakh shares of face value Rs 10 each. The IPO, which was open from June 4-8, was subscribed 7.36 times.

Nelcast caters mainly to commercial vehicle and tractor industries. It plans to use the issue proceeds for expansion and modernisation of its iron casting units at Gudur in Andhra Pradesh and Ponneri in Tamil Nadu, to reach a production capacity of 1,50,000 MT per annum by 2008-09.

The company’s customer base includes Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Tata Cummins, Mahindra and Mahindra, TAFE, International Tractors and New Holland India. It exports to the US, Europe and Australia, its client list comprising Arvin Meritor, Volvo, SIGMA and Dobbie Dico Meter.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nelcast is putting up a really bad show. It has been trading below its issue price of Rs. 219/- for a long time now. I wonder what lies ahead. The stock is trading up 5.85% today at Rs 157.85/-