State-run reinsurer General Insurance Corp of India`s initial public offering of shares to raise 113.73 billion rupees ($1.75 billion) was subscribed nearly 80 percent on the first day of the sale on Wednesday, stock exchange data showed.

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The institutional portion of the sale has already been subscribed more than 1.5 times, the data showed.

The IPO, India`s biggest in seven years, closes for subscription on Friday.

($1 = 65.1550 Indian rupees)

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