Mumbai: Shares of state-owned banks, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and infrastructure firms plunged as much as 10% on Monday following the Reserve Bank of India‘s tougher draft guidelines on the financing and accounting of project loans. The proposed stricter lending criteria, with additional provisioning, are aimed at preventing accounting shocks but could potentially hurt balance … Read more
The Centre has recently started a port for pensioners in collaboration with Bank of India. The Integrated Pensioners’ Portal of Bank of India combines the pension processing and payment services of five banks into a single window. In a statement, the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) said the platform has been launched to … Read more
India’s largest domestic institutional investor Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced ownership in at least 80 stocks, including 16 PSUs, in the March quarter with the market value of its portfolio surging to Rs 14 lakh crore. LIC was seen cutting stakes in BHEL, SAIL, Coal India, Oil India, Mahanagar Gas, MOIL, SBI, … Read more
Benchmark Sensex climbed 354 points to close above the record 75,000 mark for the first time while broader Nifty scaled a fresh lifetime high on Wednesday. Stocks that were in focus included names like Canara Bank, which jumped nearly 0.62%, Paytm, which fell 1.16%, and PB Fintech, whose shares rose 3.22% on Wednesday. Here’s what … Read more
Canara Bank‘s Board of Directors on Monday approved the sub-division of its equity shares of Rs 10 into five shares with a face value of Rs 2 each. The move is aimed at improving liquidity in the bank’s shares and making it more affordable for retail investors along with broadening the retail investors’ base. The … Read more
K Satyanarayana Raju, MD & CEO, Canara Bank, says they have grown CASA at 5.05%, but in the current quarter whatever growth they targeted for deposits, the same growth they want reflected in the CASA also, so that CASA growth year-on-year at least will touch 8% while deposits will grow at 8-8.5%. Raju further said, … Read more
Indian market is likely to trade higher on Tuesday following positive global cues. The Nifty futures closed positive with gains of 0.02% at 21079 levels on Monday. India VIX was up by 2.31% from 12.47 to 12.75 levels. Volatility was slightly high but created momentum for new price territory in the market. Positive setup was … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced two tranches of the Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) scheme 2023-24. The SGB 2023-24 Series III will be open for subscription from December 18-22. The date of issuance for this SGB tranche is December 28. The second tranche of the Sovereign Gold Bonds scheme will be open for … Read more
Mumbai: Canara Bank (CanBank) and Bank of Maharashtra are looking to raise up to ₹4,500 crore in bond sales amid surging demand for credit in a rapidly expanding economy. Canara Bank plans to carry out an issuance of additional tier-1 (AT-1) bonds with a base size of ₹1,000 crore and a greenshoe option of ₹2,500 … Read more
The Indian market is likely to consolidate on Tuesday, tracking muted global cues. The S&P BSE Sensex rose nearly 1,400 points, while the Nifty50 rose to a fresh record high above 20,700 levels on Monday. The Nifty future closed positive with gains of over 2% at 20,804 levels on Monday. India VIX was up by … Read more