Indian equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled over 1 per cent for the third consecutive day, driven by a sharp rally in crude oil prices, massive selling in IT stocks, and unabated foreign fund outflows amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
ICICI Bank today hiked its home loan rates by 0.50 per cent with effect from May 8.\n\n
From the 30-Sensex firms, Tata Steel, Asian Paints, Trent, State Bank of India, Hindustan Unilever, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the gainers. On the other hand, Infosys, Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics, Larsen & Toubro and HDFC Bank were the laggards.
Kamath also served on the board of Infosys.
The ICICI board is looking to the retired petroleum secretary to provide 'maturity and sagacity'.
Shares of Indian life insurance companies, particularly SBI Life Insurance and Canara HSBC Life Insurance, saw significant declines after the Department of Financial Services (DFS) secretary, M Nagaraju, stated that banks are being asked to avoid exclusive tie-ups with their own insurance subsidiaries and instead remain neutral.
The bank posted a net profit of about Rs 2,300 crore.
Trading pattern in the stock market this week will largely depend on the ongoing Q3 earnings announcement from corporates, global trends, and foreign fund movement, analysts said. Moreover, geopolitical developments and any update on trade negotiations would also be keenly tracked by investors, experts noted.
Indian stock markets experienced a significant sell-off, with the Sensex tumbling over 1,300 points, driven by escalating crude oil prices due to US-Iran tensions and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for austerity measures, which amplified investor concerns about India's economic outlook.
Awaiting regulatory approvals for its foray into financial services sector, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has acquired shares in giants like HDFC, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank as part of long-term 'investments'.
Reliance Industries cracked 4.42 per cent, while ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, and HDFC Bank were also among the laggards. However, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Hindustan Unilever, and State Bank of India were among the gainers.
Indian benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded nearly 1 per cent, snapping a three-day decline, driven by rallies in Reliance Industries and Sun Pharma, alongside positive global market trends and easing geopolitical tensions.
Stock market benchmarks ended with losses for the third straight session on Wednesday as heightened geopolitical tensions, weak global peers and persistent foreign fund outflows unnerved investors.
This cashless transaction is a part of corporate debt restructuring agreed by banks and the airline company.
The government of India has nominated Vinod Rai as the government nominee on the board of ICICI bank in place of Vineeta Rai with effect from January 3, 2003.\n\n
It will help customers raise the eligible amount by up to 20 per cent and increase the tenure by up to seven years.
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Executive Director V Vaidyanathan will assume the position of managing director and chief executive officer of the bank's life insurance arm, ICICI Prudential. This slot had fallen vacant as Shikha Sharma decided to move to Axis Bank.
The rate, which has been reduced from 14.25 per cent, will benefit all existing home loan and auto loan customers, the bank said. Besides, the bank reduced it benchmark lending rate by half a percentage points to 16.75 per cent.
ICICI Bank has reported a 44.67 per cent jump in net profit on a consolidated basis at Rs 336.89 crore (Rs 3.368 billion) for the first quarter ending June 30, 2003 as compared to Rs 232.86 crore (Rs 2.328 billion) for same quarter last fiscal.
ICICI Bank Ltd has informed BSE that its board will consider the audited financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2002 at its forthcoming meeting to be held on January 31, 2003.
Kochhar's counsel argued that according to Section 35B (b) of the Banking Regulation Act, prior approval of the RBI is required to terminate the contract of a bank's chairman or managing director. But in this case, the RBI approval came after the termination letter was served.
new base rate will be effective Monday next, while the new retail lending rates will be effective today itself.
ICICI Bank, India's second biggest bank, has offered to lower the equated monthly installments for a large number of its borrowers by enhancing the tenure of their home loans.
The bank raised it floating rates from 12 per cent to 13 per cent, with the fixed rate being raised to 16.5 per cent from October 10.
The bank's net profit fell to 2,232 crore for its fiscal first quarter to June 30.
Country's largest private lender ICICI Bank on Wednesday said it will raise up to Rs 8,750 crore (Rs 87.50 billion) through a Follow-on Public Offer in the domestic markets.
ICICI Bank is planning to increase its home loan rates by 50 basis points "anytime before the end of the current fiscal".
Since January this year, RBI has cut the repo rate - at which it lends to commercial banks -- to a gross of 1.25 per cent.
A corporate lawyer said that this is the biggest failure of corporate governance in this country. He pointed out that American investors can even take the bank to court for giving false statements to stock exchanges and even file class action suits. Some even questioned how RBI overlooked Kochhar's misdeed.
Indian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1 per cent, driven by strong earnings reports from FMCG and auto sectors, alongside a rally in Asian markets and signs of de-escalation in geopolitical tensions.
ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank have effected a cut of up to 0.50 per cent in term deposit rates following tepid credit growth and ease in money market rates.
Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Reliance Industries and SBI. NSE Nifty advanced 184.60 points to 16,955.45.
The net non-performing assets on December 31, 2016 were Rs 20,155 crore compared to Rs 16,483 crore at September 30, 2016
