LIC increases stake in this Nifty bluechip stock through open market

Life Insurance Corp (LIC) has raised its stake in Indian IT services firm Tech Mahindra to 8.8% from 6.8%, having added 1.96 crore shares through open market transactions. LIC saw its income from investments increase slightly to INR67,846 crore ($10.5bn) for the January-March period. Tech Mahindra shares ended 0.85% higher at INR1,095 on the NSE on 28 June, and the company has an average target of INR1,086.09, just under the current price, according to Trendlyne.