Glencore gets off to a Rocky Start

Glencore's IPO, 4X Oversubscribed, yet it couldn't even muster a 1 p gain on its first day of trading...

From the FT, link to full article below.

Glencore’s stock market debut left investors who had hoped for a big first day rally unimpressed, after the shares closed at the offer price of 530p. [...]

Following the issue of nearly $9bn worth of new shares, including an overallotment option, the enlarged company will have a market capitalisation of $62bn

The banks underwriting the initial public offering, led by Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, supported Glencore’s shares in the last five minutes of trading to prevent the price dropping below the 530p level.[...]

Glencore’s advisers had hoped that the shares could rally by 5 to 10 per cent on Thursday after the$11bn IPO was more than four times subscribed. [...]

“If you are genuinely four or five times oversubscribed, why is the share price flat?”

Bankers had hoped that a strong initial performance from Glencore would hearten investors and reinvigorate the sluggish market for European IPOs. [ So much for that...!]

 FT.com / Commodities - Glencore debut underwhelms investors



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