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Pune-based manufacturer of magnet winding wires KSH International has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with the capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), to raise Rs 745 crore through Initial Public Offering (IPO).About KSH International IPOThe IPO is a mix of fresh issue of shares worth up to Rs 420 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) up to Rs 325 crore, where promoter shareholders will offload their shares in the company.The offer is being made through the book-building process, wherein not more than 50% of the net offer is allocated to qualified institutional buyers, and not less than 15% and 35% of the net offer is assigned to non-institutional and retail individual bidders, respectively.The equity shares of KSH International are proposed to be listed on the NSE and BSE.KSH International IPO proceedsThe proceeds from the fresh issue to the extent of Rs 225.98 crores will be used for prepayment and/or repayment of all or a portion of certain outstanding borrowings availed by the company.Moreover, Rs 90.06 crore will be utilised towards funding the capital expenditure requirements of the company which is purchasing and setting up of new machinery for expansion at its Supa Facility and purchasing and setting up of new machinery at Unit 2 in Chakan, Pune in Maharashtra.The company will use Rs 10.41 crore for purchasing and setting up of a rooftop solar power plant for power generation at its Supa Facility and general corporate purposes.About KSH International KSH International is part of the KSH group and commenced its operations in 1981 by manufacturing magnet winding wires in Taloja, Raigad, in Maharashtra. In the last four decades, it has diversified operations to manufacturing various types of standard and specialized magnet winding wires. It markets and sells its products through its brand ‘KSH’, which has a strong brand recall and reputation in the industry over the years.Its key products include round enamelled copper/ aluminium magnet winding wires, paper insulated rectangular copper/ aluminium magnet winding wires, continuously transposed conductors, rectangular enamelled copper/aluminium magnet winding wires and bunched paper insulated copper magnet winding wires. The products are critical components of capital goods such as transformers, motors, alternators and generators. The company had 112 customers as on December 31, 2024 which includes the likes of Bharat Bijlee Limited, Virginia Transformer Corporation, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Georgia Transformer Corporation, Hitachi Energy India Limited, Siemens Energy India Limited and GE Vernova T&D India Limited among others.KSH International has a significant global footprint, and exports its products to 24 countries as of December 31, 2024, including, USA, UAE, Kuwait, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Oman, Spain, Bangladesh and Japan, amongst others.KSH International financialsKSH International revenue from operations increased by 32% from Rs 1,049 crore in fiscal 2023 to Rs 1,383 crore in fiscal 2024, primarily on account of the increase in volume and metal prices in Fiscal 2024. Its EBITDA has increased from Rs 50 crore in FY23 to Rs 71 crore in FY24, while the profit after tax (PAT) grew from Rs 27 crore in FY23 to Rs 37 crore in FY24.For the nine months ended December 31, 2024, revenue from operations stood at Rs 1420 crore, EBITDA was Rs 87 crore and PAT stood at Rs 50 crore.However, KSH International Limited has shown notable progress, increasing its market share from 11.19% to 13.70%, signalling a steady upward trajectory.IPO lead managersNuvama Wealth Management Limited, and ICICI Securities Limited are the book-running lead managers and MUFG Intime India Private Limited is the registrar of the issue. (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of Economic Times)

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, notching a weekly loss, after President Donald Trump recommended 50% tariffs on European goods, reopening a new front in global trade tensions and unleashing a fresh wave of market uncertainty. All three main Wall Street indexes pared early losses but each still ended lower and shed more than 2% for the week. Technology, communication services and consumer discretionary stocks were the biggest losers of the S&P 500's 11 subsectors. Utilities, consumer staples and energy stocks gained. Apple touched a two-week low and finished down 3% after Trump warned the iPhone-maker it could face potential 25% tariffs on phones sold to U.S. customers but not manufactured in the country. Treasury yields eased from multi-month highs, falling 4.4 basis points to 4.509% for the benchmark U.S. 10-year note. "If I were to put a headline on today's story, it would be 'Here We Go Again!'" said James St. Aubin, chief investment officer at Ocean Park Asset Management in Santa Monica, California. "This is Trump turning on the temperature on the tariff conversation with the EU and Apple. The markets were hoping that the worst was behind us when it comes to the tariff rhetoric. But in reality, there's still some smoldering embers when it comes to the tariff talk," St. Aubin added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 256.02 points, or 0.61%, to 41,603.07, the S&P 500 lost 39.19 points, or 0.67%, to 5,802.82 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 188.53 points, or 1.00%, to 18,737.21. For the week, the Dow lost 2.47%, the S&P 500 fell 2.61%, and the Nasdaq shed 2.48%. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump did not believe the EU's trade offers were of sufficient quality. He also said he hoped the threat of fresh tariffs would "light a fire under the EU" in negotiations. Most megacap and growth stocks fell, including Amazon , Nvidia and Meta Platforms - which all lost more than 1%. Tesla ended down 0.5%. The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street's "fear gauge," hit a more than two-week high and finished up 10%. Semiconductor stocks dropped 1.5%. Deckers Outdoor slumped nearly 20% after the maker of UGG boots forecast first-quarter net sales below estimates and said it would not provide annual targets due to tariff-led macroeconomic uncertainty. Sportswear maker Nike dropped 2.1%. Volume on U.S. exchanges was 17.67 billion shares, compared with the 17.73 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

Major stock indexes and the dollar eased on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed his latest trade threats, recommending 50% tariffs on European Union imports from June 1 and considering a 25% tariff on any Apple iPhones made outside the U.S. Shares of Apple ended 3% lower, while the three major U.S. stock indexes finished weaker but off session lows. European shares also ended lower. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, hit a three-week trough. For the week, the dollar was down 1.9%, on track for its biggest weekly percentage decline since early April. The dollar sank 1% versus the Japanese yen, while the euro rose 0.8% against the dollar. Government bonds in the United States and Europe climbed on safe-haven buying after sustaining heavy pressure this week from rising concerns about Trump's tax cuts and the White House's ballooning debt pile. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network: "The European Union, which was formed for the primary purpose of taking advantage of the United States on TRADE, has been very difficult to deal with." This was the latest event in a jittery week for global markets after Moody's downgraded the U.S. credit rating late last Friday and the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved Trump's sweeping tax cuts on Thursday. The new tax-cut bill is expected to add almost $4 trillion to the U.S. federal government's $36 trillion debt pile. "Tariffs are back at the forefront," said Oliver Pursche, senior vice president and advisor for Wealthspire Advisors in Westport, Connecticut. "I think the 25% tariffs on iPhones and Apple was a little bit of a surprise. It seemed like there was going to be an exemption there, and the market is reacting more to that than the EU news, and is interpreting that as a hardening of the stance by President Trump and the administration as opposed to seeking a negotiating path." The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 256.02 points, or 0.61%, to 41,603.07. The S&P 500 dropped 39.19 points, or 0.67%, to 5,802.82 and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 188.53 points, or 1.00%, to 18,737.21. All three major U.S. stock indexes had fallen more than 1% early in the day. For the week, the Dow lost 2.47%, the S&P 500 fell 2.61%, and the Nasdaq shed 2.48%. MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe fell 2.86 points, or 0.33%, to 868.15. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.93%. The White House paused most of the punishing tariffs Trump announced in early April against nearly every country. He left in place a 10% baseline tax on most imports, and later reduced his massive 145% tax on Chinese goods to 30%. "Markets go through a cycle with tariffs - freak out and sell when they are announced ..., freak out and buy (when) they are paused," said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group in Richmond, Virginia. The 30-year U.S. bond yield, which on Thursday hit the highest since October 2023, fell in response to fresh tariff fears. The yield was down 2.2 basis points at 5.042%. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes fell 3.6 basis points to 4.517%. Thirty-year bonds have taken the brunt of the price selloff and posted the largest weekly increase in yields since April 7. Yields move the opposite direction to prices. Gold, which has surged in recent months as economic anxiety has risen, was higher. Spot gold rose 2.14% to $3,364.74 an ounce. Oil prices gained as U.S. buyers covered positions ahead of the three-day Memorial Day weekend. Brent crude futures settled at $64.78 a barrel, up 34 cents, or 0.54%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures finished at $61.53, up 33 cents, or 0.54%.