LIC reclaims Rs 5 lakh cr market cap; stock hits 52-week high

With Thursday’s jump in LIC shares, the second-largest PSU by market cap, surged another 19 per cent this week. During the day, LIC shares hit a 52-week high of Rs 800 on the NSE and Rs 799.90 BSE, breaching the Rs 5 lakh crore market cap of the state-owned insurer.

CEA Anantha Nageswaran exhorts private sector to begin investment

V Anantha Nageswaran, India’s Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) said that the private sector is conserving its resources rather than investing. While advising the private sector to invest, he said, “Waiting for demand to arise before they start investing will be to delay the onset of such demand conditions happening.”

A multibagger in 8 sessions, this Adani stock is on a rampage on Street

The Adani Group stocks have been rallying on favourable triggers including the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral wins in three key states in the Hindi heartland viz. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, lending more confidence to the Street on the return of the incumbent government in the 2024 general election.