
Sunshine Pictures and Shankesh Jewellers opened 10-11% above IPO prices but slipped as profit-taking set in. The IPOs were subscribed 106x and 3x respectively, with non-institutional investors driving demand.
Sunshine Pictures and Shankesh Jewellers opened at premiums to their IPO prices on Tuesday before drifting lower as early sellers took profits.
Sunshine Pictures listed at ₹395.90 on the NSE, a 10% premium over its ₹360 issue price. The stock traded at ₹382.05 by mid-morning, down 3.5% from the listing price. On the BSE, the opening was ₹394, a 9.4% premium.
The ₹282-crore IPO, from the film and television producer Vipul Shah-promoted company, was subscribed 105.81 times. The non-institutional investor portion saw the highest demand at 197.04 times subscription. Qualified institutional buyers bid for 123.52 times the shares reserved for them, while the retail quota was covered 56.60 times.
Nine anchor investors contributed ₹84.64 crore. The company plans to use up to ₹112.50 crore of the proceeds for working capital. At the upper price band, Sunshine Pictures had an implied post-issue market capitalisation of about ₹1,121 crore.
Shankesh Jewellers opened at ₹103.30 on the NSE, an 11% premium over its ₹93 IPO price. It traded in a range of ₹98.36 to ₹109.50. On the BSE, the debut was at ₹102.20, a 10% premium.
The Mumbai-based jewellery wholesaler's ₹367-crore IPO was subscribed 2.80 times. Non-institutional investors bid for 5.68 times their reserved portion. Retail investors covered their quota 2.42 times, while QIBs subscribed 1.32 times.
Anchor investors put in ₹110.15 crore. The company will use the fresh-issue proceeds to repay borrowings and fund working capital. At the upper price band, the valuation stood at ₹1,367 crore.
Both stocks declined after the opening, a pattern common when IPO demand is driven by non-institutional investors who list-day profits, traders said.
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