The Reliance Power Ltd., an Indian company has created history in many ways in the stock market in the whole world. The IPO opened on 15th Jan 08. In the first 60 sec itself the company got the required funds. It was oversubscribed 72 times. In the retail segment, it was over scribed 17 times. A record number of 500 Qualified Institutional Investors (QII) participated in the issue. A record number of 300 Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) participated. A world record of 52 lacs investors subscribed. It was the biggest issue with a collection of Rs.7.2 lac crores. HDFC bank alone tapped Rs.1.05 lac crore as subscription. It is estimated that the company will earn Rs.3000 crore as savings bank interest for one month if the proceeds are put in a savings bank account. A record number of new investors opened their DP accounts with the depositories. The subscription was roughly half of the country’s total foreign exchange reserve
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