India's Vikram Solar jumps 9% in trading debut

** Indian solar module maker Vikram Solar VIKO.NS surges about 9% on first day of trading

** Stock opened at 338 rupees, 1.8% higher than issue price of 332 rupees; last up 8.86%

** Its 20.79 billion rupee (~$238 million) IPO was subscribed 54.63 times, led by 142.79x bids from qualified institutional buyers

** Co valued at 131.79 billion rupees ($1.51 billion), as of 10:28 a.m. IST

** IPO consists of fresh shares worth 15 billion rupees and shareholders offloading 5.79 billion rupees of shares

** Proceeds from the issue will be used to fund expenses and invest in subsidiary VSL Green Power

($1 = 87.5060 Indian rupees)