The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 144.52 points, or 0.40 per cent, at the open to 36,268.75.

The collection that included Madhushala NFTs, The Loot Box NFT, Iconic Vintage Posters NFT and BigB Punks and NFT Arts went under the hammer for $966,000 or Rs 7.18 crore, the highest ever in India.

The pan-European STOXX 600 rose for the seventh-straight session, up 0.05 per cent as of 0815 GMT.

Companies including Adani Green Energy, JSW Hydro Energy, Axis Bank, Shriram Transport Finance, Power Finance Corporation and Greenko have collectively raised $7.24 billion this calendar year so far through ESG-compliant papers.

The initial public offer of SJS Enterprises was subscribed 1.59 times on the last day of subscription on Wednesday. It received bids for 1,67,97,537 shares against 1,05,46,140 shares on offer, according to the NSE data.

Shares fell in Japan and Hong Kong, where developer Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. and its Hong Kong-listed units were suspended from trading in the latest sign of stress from China’s troubled property sector. S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and European futures fluctuated after tech shares led Wall Street to a record high.

Bidders who could not get allotment in the IPO may see the initialisation of refunds on November 11. Others, who would be allotted shares may see the credit of shares in the demat account by November 12. The listing of the IPO is likely on November 15.

Brent crude rose 72 cents or 0.9% to $81.26 a barrel by around 0452 GMT, after falling nearly 2% on Thursday. U.S. oil gained 78 cents or 1.0% to $79.59 a barrel, having declined 2.5% in the previous session.

At the current prices, it is aiming at a valuation of $19.5-20 billion, in-line with anchor investor demand but nearly two-thirds of what the grey market was valuing the firm a month back.

Absolute Foods is likely to mop up a large portion of the amount in a few weeks in what could be one of the biggest Series A funding rounds in India’s agritech space.