LIC Buys 300 Cr Infosys Shares In Q4, Raises Stake To 4.81 Percent


NEW DELHI: State-owned life insurer LIC has shored up its stake in Infosys to 4.81 percent, purchasing shares worth over 300crore in the January-March quarter.

This is the fourth consecutive quarter of share purchase by LIC in the software services firm.

Life Insurance Corporation of India is the biggest institutional investor in the stock market. It held 4.69 per cent stake in Infosys during the October-December quarter and increased that to 4.81 per cent as of March 31, 2015, as per latest data available with the stock exchanges.

However, the exact date of share purchased by LIC could not be ascertained.

The state-run firm has been increasing its holding in Infosys since the January-March quarter 2014.

Taking into account the current market value of Infosys shares, the 0.12 percentage point hike in LIC’s holding in the company would be worth about 317crore. Infosys shares closed at 2,182 on Friday.

The Infosys scrip has moved in a wide range from about 1,447 level to around 2,335 in the past nine months.

However, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) and foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have trimmed their stake in Infosys during the March quarter.

DIIs’ holding in Infosys declined to 15.1 per cent, from 15.28 per cent, while FIIs’ stake dropped to 37.96 per cent from 41.58 per cent.

Infosys is scheduled to report its fourth quarter earnings on April 24.

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Source: PTI