New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The primary market will take a breather as no new initial public offering (IPO) in the mainboard segment will open for subscription next week. However, two new issues in the small and medium segment (SME) segment is scheduled for upcoming week.

Apart from new issues, the primary market will also witness listings of nine IPOs in the upcoming week.

"Current market volatility poses a significant challenge to the continued growth of new demat accounts. Investors may become more cautious and postpone their investment decisions until the market stabilises. IPOs will be important but less dominant than last year.

In 2025 too, we see a steady flow of IPOs - 28 SME IPOs and 7 Mainboard IPOs with companies like WeWork have ...