National Stock Exchange (NSE) will on Monday auction investment limits for foreign investors to buy government debt securities worth Rs 852 crore. The auction will be conducted on NSE’s ebid platform from 1530 hours to 1730 hours, after the close of market hours on Monday, November 2, the exchange said. The debt auction quota gives overseas investors the right to invest in the debt, up to the limit purchased. Depository data showed that total investments, including limits acquired by foreign investors through the auction route, stood at Rs 1,29,048 crore till October 29, which is 99.34 per cent of the total permitted investment limit of Rs 1,29,900 crore in government debt securities. Consequently, the exchange has decided to “conduct an auction for the allocation of unutilised debt limits on November 2, 2015,” NSE said. During earlier auctions, government bonds have always been subscribed multiple times, given the huge interest among foreign investors, while the demand for corporate bonds remains less.