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LIC pares stake in NMDC for about ₹705cr
March 16, 2023
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has reduced its exposure in state-owned NMDC to 11.69% from 13.69% earlier through open market transaction. The deal was executed at an average price of ₹119.37 per share.
LIC has garnered ₹702 crore after it sold about 5.88 lakh shares in the national miner. NMDC is engaged in exploration and production of iron ore.
Apart from NMDC, LIC has also diluted its stake in TIL Ltd to 8% from 10.1% earlier. The company has sold 2.12 lakh shares in the open market, taking home ₹3 crore.
“The shareholding in TIL Ltd has diluted from 10,22,985 to 8,10,038 Equity Shares decreasing its shareholding from 10.199% to 8.076% of the paid-up capital,” the company further said.
The state-owned insurer is one of the largest domestic institutional investors in equities with 25% of its corpus set aside for equity investments. LIC manages about 44.34 lakh crore of assets under its portfolio as of December 2022.
The yield on investments on policyholders funds excluding unrealised gains was 8.58% for nine months ending December 2022.
The insurer has recently come under scanner over its equity exposure to Adani group stocks following a steep fall in share prices. The insurer owns stake in 7 group companies – Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Adani Total Gas, Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy, ACC and Ambuja Cement.
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