New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Capital Numbers Infotech Ltd, a Kolkata-based software development company, was listed on 27 January. Its shares debuted at Rs.274 on the BSE SME platform, a 4.2% premium over the issue price Rs.263.

Three days before that, on 24 January, the shares of Mumbai-headquartered EMA Partners India Ltd debuted at Rs.156.5 on the NSE Emerge platform, a premium of 26.2% over the issue price Rs.124.

The two companies, as far apart as chalk and cheese, received an overwhelming response.

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Capital Numbers' Rs.169 crore initial public offering (IPO) was subscribed more than 90 times the 6.44 million shares on offer. Its non-anchor portion of 4.61 mil...