The shares of LIC fell 3% yesterday. The stocks of Delhivery soared 2%. Both the companies came out with Q4 results yesterday. What should be the investment strategy for these recently-listed stocks?
Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Monday
The insurance behemoth's shares hit an intra-day low of Rs 860 and a high of Rs 920, not coming closer to the issue price but providing small investors an opportunity to exit with nominal gains.
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
Most large floats by the government have failed to create long-term wealth for investors
LIC has now become the fifth most valuable listed Indian company with a market capitalisation of Rs 5.72 trillion on the BSE as of 10:08 am, the exchange data shows.
Stock could list anywhere between Rs 900 and Rs 940, says market player, citing weak institutional investor demand during LIC's Rs 20,577-crore maiden share sale
The actual number of valid applications will be formally announced by LIC ahead of its listing
Individual investors are still expected to make gains
With just hours to go until end of the subscription period for the $2.7 billion initial public offering of LIC, foreign institutional funds have put in orders for merely 8% of the shares
The policyholder quota was subscribed over 5 times, employee portion 3.8 times and retail individual investor quota 1.6 times.
The policyholder quota was subscribed 4 times, employee portion 3.1 times and retail individual investor quota 1.23 times
By Thursday, the second day of the offering, investors had already put in orders for 90% of the shares for sale in India's biggest IPO.
"We see the arrival of external shareholders with experience of the insurance industry as a further key benefit of the IPO," Moody's said.
Insurer raises Rs 5,627 cr in anchor book but overseas investors disappoint
The insurer has growth potential, underestimated embedded value and the government sell its stake in the company again
Norges Bank Investment Management, GIC Pte and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will be among the anchor names due to be announced Monday, the people said, asking not to be identified
LIC's much-awaited IPO is finally opening on May 4. But its current valuation is Rs 6 lakh cr, less than half of the expected value of Rs 13 lakh cr. Is the govt undervaluing the state-run behemoth?
The Indian government has pegged LIC's valuation at around Rs 6 trillion, according to the sources
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