State owned Union Bank of India has raised Rs 3000 crore through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) allowing the bank to deepen its capital and also reduce its government holding below the regulatory ceiling of 75%, multiple people aware of the details said. Demand was ten times the amount required as large local and overseas … Read more
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
The Nifty could touch 20,600 if it manages to breach the 20,400 level. Analysts, however, said upsides would be tougher to come after the recent run-up and crucial support is at 19,900. Tata Steel, Grasim, Tech Mahindra, Alkem Labs, Tata Consumer, and Union Bank could gain in the short term, while analysts anticipate continued weakness … Read more
With the momentum in the market remaining bullish, Nifty Bank is now approaching its all-time high and can even zoom past the 47,000-level, says Rupak De of LKP Securities. “The strong presence of Put writers at 46,000 has helped the index to stay in positive territory. The trend is anticipated to stay bullish as long … Read more
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty fell by 1% on Wednesday on weak global market trends and continuous foreign fund outflows. Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government’s credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades. The … Read more
Equity markets witnessed a broad-based rally during the week, supported by robust macro data and sustained foreign inflows. During the week, as many as 68 smallcap stocks delivered double-digit weekly returns with four of them offering over 25% returns. DCM Shriram Industries was the top gainer in the smallcap pack with a nearly 32% return, … Read more
Mumbai: Union Bank of India has decided to sell Visa Steel‘s debt worth ₹410 crore at a reduced price after failing to attract any bids in the previous quarter. The bank has set the reserve price at ₹143 crore, which is lower than the previous quarter’s price of ₹160 crore. Additionally, debts of six other … Read more
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in highly volatile trade on Thursday due to selling in banking, metal and energy counters amid a mixed trend in the global markets. Falling for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 194 points to settle at 62,428.54. Nifty ended below 18,500, while … Read more
Mumbai: The likely shift to provisioning based on expected losses from incurred losses could be cumbersome for some public sector and regional private sector banks, according to analysts. Even as most banks have strengthened capital buffers post Covid-19, expected credit loss (ECL)-based norms could release existing provisioning for large banks such as ICICI Bank and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has reduced stake in four IT stocks – , TCS, and – and picked speciality chemical stock SRF in its model portfolio. “We include SRF (150 bps) bps) in the portfolio. SRF stock is trading at 25.2X FY2024E EPS and its valuations have become more reasonable after … Read more