Life Insurance Corp of India
End-of-day close · 3 Sept 2026
Recent closes
52-week range
55.5% below its high · 8.0% above its low
Life Insurance Corp of India closed up 2.12% on 3 Sep 2026
A Morning Star printed on the daily chart — a three-candle formation that typically marks the end of a pullback and a shift in control toward buyers. The signal, however, arrived on thin participation: turnover ran at well under half the 20-day average, so the pattern carries less weight than it would on heavy volume. The close settled just under the 50-day average, leaving that line as the near-term marker to clear. Longer-term context remains demanding — the stock still trades far below its 200-day average and roughly a tenth above its 52-week low. With ADX signalling no established trend and momentum gauges sitting mid-range, today reads as a tentative stabilisation attempt rather than a confirmed turn. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
The session
A close at ₹416.90, in the upper part of the day's ₹411.00–₹417.00 range, is the headline for Life Insurance Corp of India's session. The open at ₹411.80 sat near the low, so most of the day's ground was gained. Participation told a quieter story: 51,01,486 shares traded, just 0.4× the 20-day average.
Trend structure
The moving averages split the verdict. The close sits above the 20-day average but below both the 50-day and the 200-day, the latter standing at ₹690.40. That is a mixed structure, not a one-direction one. ADX (14) at 16.1 confirms it — by this measure there is no trend of any strength, only a ranging market.
Momentum
The momentum gauges don't agree with each other, which is what a market without a clear direction usually produces. RSI (14) reads 49.1, comfortably between the conventional oversold and overbought thresholds. The MACD histogram is positive, though that says only where the shorter average sits relative to the longer one — nothing about the next session.
Volatility and range
₹9.47 is the number to hold in mind: the 14-session average true range, or 2.27% of price. That is what a typical day has looked like lately, and it is the yardstick against which today's move was large or ordinary. The 20-day volatility band ran from ₹396.89 to ₹429.35, and the close landed in the middle of it.
The year so far
The 52-week high of ₹936.95 remains a long way off — the close is 55.50% below it — while the low at ₹385.90 is much nearer, 8.03% below the current price. Across the past year the stock has moved between those two points. Over five sessions the change is 0.71%; over twenty, 7.57%. Both horizons point the same way.
Fundamentals as reported
A price-to-earnings ratio of 8.8 and a price-to-book of 3.0 are the reported figures for Life Insurance Corp of India, which carries a market capitalisation of 5,24,342 crore in the Financial Services sector (Insurance - Life). The same filings list a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43 and a dividend yield of 2.43%. These are the ratios as reported — not a judgement on whether they are justified.
How often our range has been right
This page publishes a 1-day range, not a price call, and the range is scored against what actually happened. Of 288 resolved 1-day ranges for this stock, the close landed inside the 20.0% range 81.94% of the time. Against a naive benchmark over the same window, the range scored no better. Below the nominal rate means the ranges have been too narrow; above it means too wide. Both readings are visible here, not buried in an internal report.
Company Events
Dividend - Rs 10 Per Share
Bonus 1:1
Dividend - Rs 12 Per Share
Source: NSE public corporate announcements. Factual only — no interpretation or recommendation.
Level to watch
The close sits 1.0% below the 50-day average (₹421.19).
What we said, what happened
Weekly · Next 5 sessions · 40 of 40 inside the range- 6 Jul: range ₹341.12 to ₹525.53, actual ₹441.30 — inside the range
- 7 Jul: range ₹354.87 to ₹518.63, actual ₹435.40 — inside the range
- 8 Jul: range ₹350.84 to ₹508.84, actual ₹439.75 — inside the range
- 9 Jul: range ₹357.07 to ₹515.70, actual ₹438.30 — inside the range
- 10 Jul: range ₹366.32 to ₹511.50, actual ₹433.10 — inside the range
- 13 Jul: range ₹369.99 to ₹507.83, actual ₹433.00 — inside the range
- 14 Jul: range ₹369.80 to ₹502.90, actual ₹429.70 — inside the range
- 15 Jul: range ₹373.18 to ₹503.86, actual ₹423.30 — inside the range
- 16 Jul: range ₹373.26 to ₹497.20, actual ₹421.40 — inside the range
- 17 Jul: range ₹380.24 to ₹492.89, actual ₹421.30 — inside the range
- 20 Jul: range ₹373.33 to ₹483.37, actual ₹424.35 — inside the range
- 21 Jul: range ₹377.73 to ₹485.48, actual ₹427.15 — inside the range
- 22 Jul: range ₹371.68 to ₹470.88, actual ₹423.90 — inside the range
- 23 Jul: range ₹374.29 to ₹469.86, actual ₹422.85 — inside the range
- 24 Jul: range ₹374.34 to ₹460.28, actual ₹424.70 — inside the range
- 27 Jul: range ₹378.69 to ₹469.55, actual ₹428.50 — inside the range
- 28 Jul: range ₹383.24 to ₹468.44, actual ₹391.30 — inside the range
- 29 Jul: range ₹380.39 to ₹462.34, actual ₹393.00 — inside the range
- 30 Jul: range ₹384.10 to ₹457.59, actual ₹387.55 — inside the range
- 31 Jul: range ₹387.25 to ₹456.78, actual ₹394.00 — inside the range
- 3 Aug: range ₹392.82 to ₹459.63, actual ₹393.00 — inside the range
- 4 Aug: range ₹355.22 to ₹421.81, actual ₹406.00 — inside the range
- 5 Aug: range ₹357.09 to ₹424.43, actual ₹417.00 — inside the range
- 6 Aug: range ₹356.97 to ₹416.89, actual ₹412.15 — inside the range
- 7 Aug: range ₹364.08 to ₹419.75, actual ₹413.50 — inside the range
- 10 Aug: range ₹363.81 to ₹419.73, actual ₹410.00 — inside the range
- 11 Aug: range ₹378.91 to ₹429.00, actual ₹410.00 — inside the range
- 12 Aug: range ₹381.63 to ₹441.21, actual ₹413.10 — inside the range
- 13 Aug: range ₹385.39 to ₹437.75, actual ₹419.00 — inside the range
- 14 Aug: range ₹382.63 to ₹437.07, actual ₹422.25 — inside the range
- 17 Aug: range ₹382.11 to ₹434.16, actual ₹421.85 — inside the range
- 18 Aug: range ₹384.19 to ₹428.90, actual ₹424.00 — inside the range
- 19 Aug: range ₹388.15 to ₹435.16, actual ₹415.30 — inside the range
- 20 Aug: range ₹396.18 to ₹439.83, actual ₹413.95 — inside the range
- 21 Aug: range ₹397.44 to ₹440.99, actual ₹422.00 — inside the range
- 24 Aug: range ₹401.01 to ₹442.07, actual ₹418.00 — inside the range
- 25 Aug: range ₹404.66 to ₹442.09, actual ₹412.15 — inside the range
- 26 Aug: range ₹393.05 to ₹434.02, actual ₹408.25 — inside the range
- 27 Aug: range ₹394.25 to ₹433.31, actual ₹416.90 — inside the range
- 28 Aug: range ₹402.24 to ₹436.61, actual ₹415.35 — inside the range
Shaded band = the range we published · dot = where the actual close fell within it
Where outcomes fell inside the range
Calibration
291 resolved forecasts
287 resolved forecasts
Each forecast was built only from data available on its own date — no hindsight. The range comes from historical volatility; direction is not forecast.
Recent change
| 5-day change | +0.71% |
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| 20-day change | +7.57% |
Trend
| 50-DMAaverage closing price of the last 50 sessions | ₹421.19 |
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| 200-DMAaverage closing price of the last 200 sessions | ₹690.40 |
Momentum
| MACD histogramthe gap between two moving averages of price | 1.20 |
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Volume & volatility
| Volume | 51,01,486 |
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| ATR (14)the average distance the price moves in a day | ₹9.47 |
Computed from public end-of-day exchange prices. No personal or account data of any kind.