ICICI Lombard Share Price: ICICI Lombard shares drop 0.81% as Sensex rises

Shares of General Insurance Company Ltd. traded 0.81 per cent down at Rs 1623.5 at 02:09PM (IST) on Tuesday, even as BSE benchmark Sensex gained 117.88 points to 58295.64.

The stock had closed at Rs 1636.8 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 1656.55 and 52-week low of Rs 1201.0, respectively. As per BSE data, total traded volume on the counter till 02:09PM (IST) stood at 139155 shares with a turnover of Rs 22.27 crore.

At the prevailing price, the stock traded at 60.24 times its trailing 12-month EPS of Rs 26.98 per share and 8.04 times its price-to-book value, exchange data showed.

A higher P/E ratio shows investors are willing to pay a higher share price today because of growth expectations in the future.

Price-to-book value indicates the inherent value of a company and reflects the price investors are ready to pay even for no growth in the business. The stock’s Beta value, which measures its volatility in relation to the broader market, stood at 0.64.

Shareholding Details

Promoters held 51.87 per cent stake in the company as of 30-Jun-2021, while FIIs owned 29.75 per cent and DIIs 9.63 per cent.

Technicals

On the technical charts, the relative strength index (RSI) of the stock stood at 64.31. The RSI oscillates between zero and 100. Traditionally, it is considered overbought condition when the RSI value is above 70 and oversold condition when it is below 30. Chartists say, RSI should not be seen in isolation, as it may not be sufficient to take a trading call, just the way fundamental analysts cannot give a’buy’ or’sell’ recommendation using a single valuation ratio.

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