LIC ignores bear howls to strengthen hold on Dalal Street’s most hated corner

India’s largest domestic investor, LIC, has raised its ownership stakes in seven of the biggest Indian tech majors, including TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and Wipro. The state-owned insurer’s investment rose 48 basis points in Infosys, to give it 8.19% ownership, while a 111 basis points increase to 3.34% in L&T Technology Services was the highest. Despite foreign institutional investors expressing recession-related worries in western economies, LIC’s investment in India’s IT sector comes to around INR1.3tn ($17bn), around 13% of its Dalal Street portfolio.

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