By Rishika Sadam and Vivek Kumar M

India's Manipal Health Enterprises, backed by Singapore's Temasek, has received approval for its stock market listing from market regulator SEBI, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

  • The hospital chain is targeting a market debut in late July or early August, said the sources, who asked not to be named as the information has not yet been made public.

  • The offering is expected to be one of the largest IPOs by an Indian healthcare company.

  • Manipal filed for an initial public offering of up to $1.2 billion in March, betting on rising demand for complex care.

  • The listing comes as Iran war-driven geopolitical risks have fuelled a record selloff by foreign investors, which led to a slowdown in the IPO market as companies take a more cautious approach.

  • Overseas investors have offloaded $29.2 billion worth of shares so far this year, pushing the benchmark Nifty 50 NSE:NIFTY index down about 7%.