New Delhi, April 27 -- The primary market is all set to be back in action as one new initial public offering (IPO) in the mainboard segment will be opening for subscription next week after more than a month.

The market will also witness opening of four new issues in the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment as well.

"Q1 2025 witnessed a significant downturn, reflecting weak public market sentiment. IPO activity dropped by 41% in volumes and 77% in values, with 16 IPOs raising USD 2.6 billion, marking the second lowest quarterly volumes in last seven quarters. Despite this slowdown, the quarter saw one billion-dollar IPO-Hexaware Technologies raising USD 1 billion in January," said Grant Thornton Bharat report.

Other than new IPOs, ...