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The broader markets ended with deeper losses, with both the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices down over 1.5 per cent each; the breadth too at 2:1 was in favour of the bears.
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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