The pace was down by almost 750,000 when compared to January when over 3.4 mn new accounts got added
From the govt's announcement of plans to divest its stake in LIC, to its debut on the exchanges, to touching a new low, here is a snapshot of this journey so far
Emkay Global Financial Services, a leading domestic brokerage has initiated coverage on the stock with a 'hold' rating with a target price of Rs 875
LIC Q4 review: Post Tuesday's share price decline, the insurer has slipped one position to India's seventh most valuable firm after ICICI Bank
Shares of LIC on Tuesday declined over 3 per cent after the company posted a 17 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter ended in March 2022. The stock declined 3.05 per cent to settle at Rs 811.50 on the BSE. During the day, it tanked 3.23 per cent to Rs 810. At the NSE, it fell by 3.21 per cent to end at Rs 810.85. In volume terms, 2.22 lakh shares were traded at the BSE and over 43.73 lakh shares at the NSE during the day. Insurance behemoth LIC on Monday posted a 17 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,409 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2022. The insurer had earned a profit of Rs 2,917 crore in the same quarter a year ago. This is the first-ever quarterly result of LIC after being listed on bourses earlier this month. The total income of the insurer during the March quarter increased to Rs 2,12,230.41 crore, from Rs 1,90,098 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal, LIC said in a regulatory filing. LIC's income from
In FY22, LIC reported a net profit of Rs 4,043.12 crore from Rs 2,900.56 crore in FY21, up 39.4 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis
LIC's net premium income rose 18% to Rs 1.44 trillion in Q4FY22
One path waits for the company to go bankrupt while the other continues to subject it to government whim, writes T N Ninan
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We will ramp up digital channels and make tactical tweaks on equity investments to please policyholders, said M R Kumar
According to LIC's final offer document, the company shelled out just Rs 11.8 cr as payment to book running lead managers, or 9.9% of total issue expenses
LIC listing: The debut was below expectations, and also lower than the discounted value at which shares were offered to policyholders (Rs 60 per share) and retail investors (Rs 45 per share)
LIC's discounted valuation didn't help
Some investors and analysts are concerned that the price could drop even more because of little growth prospects for the legacy business, risks of further disinvestment by the govt
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Shares in Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) dropped 7.8% on their market debut on Tuesday after India's biggest initial public offering (IPO) was dogged for weeks by worries about an ailing global economy.
'Nobody can predict the market. We have been saying that it should not be held for a particular day but for more than a day,' Tuhin Kanta Pandey told reporters after the listing of LIC shares
CLOSING BELL: Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) listed at Rs 867.20 on the BSE, a 8.6 per cent discount when compared with its issue price of Rs 949 per share