Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) dropped as much as 4% to an intraday low of Rs 810 on the BSE on Wednesday after a report said the government could begin formal marketing next month for a proposed stake sale that may raise up to Rs 10,000 crore ($1 billion).
The government plans to sell a stake of about 2% in the state-run insurer in late June or early July to institutional investors, according to a Bloomberg report.