Oversubscribed

Oversubscribed

When investors want to buy more shares of a new security than will be available. Under this condition, the price of the security has a greater likelihood of opening at a premium to the offering price and going up once trading begins.

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Industry/Domain: Banking
Category: Initial public offering
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