Life Insurance Corp (LIC) will announce its Q4 earnings on May 24. In Q3, the state-owned insurer posted a 14.6% YoY rise in gross premium, a 31.2% YoY increase in single premium, a 10.8% rise in first-year premium, and a 5.9% uptick in renewal premium. LIC recently appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as chairman of the firm until June 2023. LIC also has an equity portfolio of about Rs 10 lakh crore ($135bn) with investments in 273 stocks. During Q1 2023, LIC raised investments in IRB Infra, Infosys, RIL, Maruti Suzuki, TCS, Tech Mahindra Dr Reddy’s Lab, GAIL and Container Corporation of India.
Dharmesh Shah sees strong support at 25,500–25,700; expects Nifty to rebound towards 26,100 soon
Indian markets saw pressure with Nifty dipping below key support. Analysts believe this is a healthy correction within a bull trend. Nifty is expected to