SAIL, IRFC among 46 stocks with double digit returns this week. SPARC, 82 others deliver negative returns

In the week gone by, 46 stocks in the BSE 500 index delivered double digit returns while 83 ended on the losing side. The 500-stock index which gained 2.1% on the week-on-week basis saw smallcap Aegis Logistics holding the top spot with nearly 30% returns. It was followed by multibaggers MOIL, Cochin Shipyard and Sterling … Read more

LIC cuts stake in 16 PSU stocks as portfolio soars to Rs 14 lakh crore

India’s largest domestic institutional investor Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced ownership in at least 80 stocks, including 16 PSUs, in the March quarter with the market value of its portfolio surging to Rs 14 lakh crore. LIC was seen cutting stakes in BHEL, SAIL, Coal India, Oil India, Mahanagar Gas, MOIL, SBI, … Read more

LIC ditched these 19 smallcap stocks in Q3. End of the party or just a jittery exit?

India’s largest domestic institutional investor LIC’s holding in India Inc declined to all-time low of 3.64% in the December quarter as the giant likely used the bull market to book profits. Shareholding pattern data reveals that LIC reduced stake in at least 19 smallcaps with market capitalisation of less than Rs 10,000 crore. Following a … Read more