NPA provisioning for banks moderates in Q2 driven by PSBs

NPA provisioning for banks moderates in Q2 driven by PSBs

Provisioning for bad loans by banks fell in the September quarter for the second consecutive period based on year-on-year comparison driven by the public sector banks (PSBs). For a sample of 29 publicly listed banks, provisioning for non performing assets (NPA) fell by 2.9% to Rs 27,318.2 crore. For PSBs, it fell by 11.6% to … Read more

Small and midcap stocks rally up to 44% in one week amid existing market weakness

Small and midcap stocks rally up to 44% in one week amid existing market weakness

Amid an overall weak market sentiment, individual small and midcap stocks enjoyed their northward rally with shares of WPIL Ltd surging by as high as 44.16% in just one week. Shares of Prudent Corporate Advisory Services rallied 40% to close the week at Rs 3,577.65 on the BSE. The stock had gained 14.75% in the … Read more

YES Bank, Canara Bank among 10 counters that saw a decrease in NPAs in Q2 – Taking Stock

YES Bank, Canara Bank among 10 counters that saw a decrease in NPAs in Q2 – Taking Stock

SBI Life Share Price 1413.95 03:58 PM | 17 Nov 2023 54.00(3.97%) HDFC LIFE INSURANCE Share Price 651.80 03:59 PM | 17 Nov 2023 16.85(2.65%) Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Share Price 5478.95 03:58 PM | 17 Nov 2023 140.20(2.63%) Larsen & Toubro Share Price 3109.00 03:59 PM | 17 Nov 2023 57.85(1.90%) Hero MotoCorp Share Price … Read more

Indian Overseas Bank saw its market capitalization nearly double during July-Sep quarter

Indian Overseas Bank saw its market capitalization nearly double during July-Sep quarter

91.60 percent gain propelled the state-owned lender to the eighth place in the top 20 Indian banks by market capitalization as of September 30, from rank 14 three months ago. Five other public sector banks rose in the market cap rankings over the previous quarter. Central Bank of India‘s market cap grew 76.59 per cent … Read more

4 largecap stocks to buy with an upside potential of up to 30% – Promising Plays

4 largecap stocks to buy with an upside potential of up to 30% – Promising Plays

Bajaj Finance. Share Price 7967.60 03:59 PM | 03 Oct 2023 156.86(2.00%) Larsen & Toubro. Share Price 3073.25 03:59 PM | 03 Oct 2023 49.70(1.64%) Titan Company. Share Price 3196.25 03:59 PM | 03 Oct 2023 47.45(1.50%) Bajaj Finserv. Share Price 1561.05 03:59 PM | 03 Oct 2023 20.80(1.35%) Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone. … Read more

Don’t short Bank Nifty till it drops below 44,500: Rupak De

Don’t short Bank Nifty till it drops below 44,500: Rupak De

Bank Nifty has not been displaying significant momentum, primarily due to the lackluster performance of the heavyweight HDFC Bank. Rupak De, Senior Technical analyst at LKP Securities, says it may not be advisable to consider shorting until Bank Nifty drops below 44,500. “A decisive decline below this level could potentially drive the index towards 43,800/43,500. … Read more

Central Bank of India to raise up to Rs 1,500 crore this fiscal

Central Bank of India to raise up to Rs 1,500 crore this fiscal

New Delhi: State-owned Central Bank of India will raise up to Rs 1,500 crore this fiscal by issuing Basel III compliant bonds. The decision was taken at the bank’s board meeting held on Monday. The board of directors considered and approved to raise capital through an issuance of non-convertible redeemable unsecured Basel III compliant tier … Read more

3 stocks ideas by Kunal Bothra for coming week

3 stocks ideas by Kunal Bothra for coming week

“The market breadth is improving significantly but I believe on the index front specifically we would take some bit of more time to break past above 15700 convincingly.” said Kunal Bothra, kunalbothra.co.in. Edited excerpts: As far as the market setup is concerned 15,700 is what we have managed to hold on to. Is the risk … Read more

Govt may not infuse capital into state-run banks in FY23

Govt may not infuse capital into state-run banks in FY23

The government may not allocate funds towards bank capitalisation in the FY23 budget, a first in a decade. This comes as all state-run banks have turned profitable and the newly set up bad bank is expected to help free up capital for lenders. In FY22 budget, the government had set aside Rs 20,000 crore for … Read more

SBI, other PSU banks need Rs 2.1 lakh crore coronavirus vaccine from government

SBI, other PSU banks need Rs 2.1 lakh crore coronavirus vaccine from government

The government did infuse almost Rs 2.7 lakh crore between fiscal 2017-2020 but the pandemic might force the government to infuse more capital to keep public lenders healthy. Public sector lenders need to raise as much as Rs 2.1 lakh crore in external capital over the next two years to tackle the capital shortages that … Read more