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  • In a boost for share sales in Indian state-owned firms, the country’s securities regulator has refined the rules for offer for sale (OFS), reducing the risks that have plagued such sell-downs in the past. Market participants lauded the move, but with stock prices still shaky, deal volumes are unlikely to rise quickly, writes John Loh.
  • Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, the Belgian investment holding company, took advantage of Total’s strong market performance on three consecutive days to sell €651m of stock in the French oil and gas company on Tuesday night.
  • The long wait for a European block trade ended on Tuesday night, as a shareholder in Total sold €651m-worth of stock in the French oil and gas business, sparking hopes of further ECM deals in coming days.
  • India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has relented to listing on a rival bourse, but on the condition that regulatory disclosures are made to an independent third party rather than the competitor exchange.
  • Samsung SDI is in the process of choosing leads to run the sale of its shares in Samsung C&T later this month, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.
  • Equity capital market participants this week hailed the successful IPO of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group, and its strong first two days of trading. If other listings also deliver in the aftermarket, bankers think it could spark a surge of new deals, regardless of volatility, writes Olivier Holmey.