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ISSUE NO: 17 SEP-OCT main board that mobilized Rs 16,924 crore (98 per cent of the total amount) and the remaining 41 being SME public issue garnered Rs 358 crore. Mid and small cap stocks took a battering on Thursday as a large number of them plunged between 10% and 15% after India's surgical strikes along the Line of Control. The largest main board IPO was of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, which raised Rs 6,057 crore, while the largest SME public issue was that of Radhika Jeweltech which garnered Rs 47 crore. About 343 stocks hit the lower circuit, while 106 stocks touched their 52-week lows. The BSE Midcap fell 3.6%, its biggest single-day fall in 13 months, whereas the BSE small-cap index plunged more than 4%. The average deal size for the main board IPOs was Rs 1,128 crore. Besides, Rs 4,034 crore was raised through Offer for Sale (OFS) through stock exchange mechanism. Of this, Rs 3,765 crore was raised from the government disinvestmentprogram me. Investors squaring off their Oppositions instead of rolling over on the expiry day -Thursday, said dealers. 14 | P a g e The midcap carnage could have been triggered by some large investors squaring off their F&Opositions instead of rolling over on the expiry day -Thursday, said dealers