MCX IPO Range

The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX), India's biggest commodity
exchange by turnover, has set a price band of 860 to 1,032 rupees a
share for its initial public offering that aims raise as much as 6.6
billion rupees.

The first Indian IPO this year would be a key test of investor
appetite for share sales in Asia's third-largest economy after weak
markets forced many companies to shelve stock offerings last year.



MCX is offering about 6.4 million shares in the IPO, which will open
next Wednesday and close on February 24, the exchange said in a
newspaper advertisement.

The company will become the first Indian bourse to list its shares on
an exchange.

MCX's majority shareholder Financial Technologies India Ltd (FITE.NS)
and investors including state-controlled State Bank of India and Bank
of Baroda (BOB.NS) will sell part of their holdings in the IPO,
according to its prospectus.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Citigroup (C.N) and India's Edelweiss Capital
(EDEL.NS) are the bookrunners for the share sale.