New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions on Thursday garnered a blockbuster response from anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering (IPO), receiving bids of around Rs 68,000 crore, sources said.

This is nearly 10 times the issue size of Rs 7,278 crore, and 20 times the anchor book size of more than Rs 3,200 crore.

The anchor book saw participation from around 70 marquee investors, including leading global institutions such as the Government of Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, T Rowe Price, BlackRock, Fidelity, Nomura, and Goldman Sachs, according to a circular uploaded on BSE's website. Foreign institutional investors accounted for about 52 per cent of the anchor book.

On the domestic front, major mutual funds such as SBI Mutual Fund, ICICI Prud

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