From the 30-share Sensex pack, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, State Bank of India, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, NTPC and HDFC Bank were among the laggards. In contrast, Maruti, IndusInd Bank, Adani Ports, ITC and UltraTech Cement defied broader market trends and ended in positive territory.
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Investors' wealth on Monday surged Rs 4.21 lakh crore as markets bounced back after five days of fall. The BSE Sensex jumped 602.75 points or 0.76 per cent to settle at 80,005.04. During the day, it surged 1,137.52 points or 1.43 per cent to 80,539.81.
ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, NTPC, JSW Steel, State Bank of India and Adani Ports were the other big gainers. Asian Paints, Nestle, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys and ITC were the other big laggards.
ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank, was awarded 'The Best Retail Internet Bank Award in India-2004' and 'The Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank Award in India-2004' by internationally acclaimed Global Finance magazine.
As part of its efforts to rationalise costs and divest non-core assets, ICICI Bank has sold a property at Prabhadevi in central Mumbai.
Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel, NTPC, Adani Ports, Bajaj Finserv and Larsen & Toubro were also among the laggards. However, Power Grid, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services and ICICI Bank were among the gainers.
ICICI Bank has raised its interest rates on non-resident external rupee savings account, NRE fixed deposits and foreign currency non-resident deposits.
ICICI Bank plans to raise $300 million through issuance of Eurobonds in the international markets as the first tranche of its $1 billion medium term notes programme.
The largest private sector lender is also looking to open a full-fledged branch in China, where it already has a representative office, managing director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar said during the bank's 19th annual general meeting in Vadodara.
In addition, he will have to move swiftly to control any damage that may have been caused to the bank's image and investor confidence due to the loan controversy
The country's largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank on Monday ruled out any acquisition abroad and said it would wait for another 2-4 weeks to decide on whether to revise the interest rates further.
The country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Friday said it has raised $500 million through an issue of bonds in the international market.
The country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Friday said it has raised $500 million through an issue of bonds in the international market.
From the 30-share pack, Adani Port, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance Industries, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, HDFC Bank, HCL Technologies and ICICI Bank were among the laggards. Tata Motors, Axis Bank, Maruti, Larsen & Toubro, ITC and Tata Steel were among the gainers.
It appears the two banks are now convinced that increasing their credit card portfolios will not lead to significant erosion in asset quality.
Hari Pandey, who founded ICICI Bank in Canada in March 2003, is among the 11 awardees in various categories who would be felicitated at function here on Saturday, ICCC said.
The country's largest private bank, ICICI Bank, on Friday said it is focussing on the home loan segment as the real estate segment is witnessing a comeback after the economic slowdown.
Private sector lenders ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra on Tuesday announced low rates of 8.25 per cent and 8.49 per cent respectively for home loans, intensifying the cut-throat competition sparked by SBI and HDFC.
Consensus continues to be cautious with analysts pointing towards tougher days ahead
MD Chanda Kochhar says the facility 'has the potential to increase security and convenience'
"At present, our credit card base is 7.5 million," he said. Sachin Khandelwal, senior general manager for retail assets, however, declined to comment on specific details, such as the magnitude of the reduction in the bank's credit card business over the past year. The country's second-largest lender, which spearheaded the growth of retail finance in the country, has also been going slow on retail loans for the past few years.
Sundaram Multi Pap, a Mumbai-based paper stationery manufacturer, on Monday disowned exotic hedging contracts entered into with ICICI Bank, saying the bank had misled the company into taking derivatives positions much beyond their underlying export risks.
The bank is offering a preferential rate on foreign currency conversion, giving special offers on housing loans and providing assistance for searching properties.
ICICI Bank, the country's largest private sector lender, has introduced an equated monthly instalment (EMI) option for its customers on debit card purchases.
Credit card spending reached Rs 2 trillion in October, a 14.5 per cent rise from September, largely driven by festival season purchases. However, the volume of outstanding credit cards increased only marginally during the same period. The spike in spending comes at a time when nearly all major credit card issuers are calibrating their growth in the segment due to visible signs of stress.
Amid a string of interest rate cuts by state-run banks since April 1, country's biggest private lender ICICI Bank today said chances of it reducing rates are less unless government bond yields come down.
Total income rose to Rs 20,163.25 crore during the quarter as compared to Rs 16,832.22 crore in the same period a year ago.
ICICI Bank has cut floating benchmark lending rate for home loans by 50 basis points to 13.25 per cent and deposit rate by 25-50 basis points.
The country's largest private lender ICICI Bank on Monday said that interest rates are expected to come down in the next one-and-a-half months.
The country's two ubiquitous financial powerhouses, HDFC and ICICI Bank, have been the darling of participatory notes, the instrument through which overseas investors invest indirectly - through foreign institutional investors - in India's stock market. Among the stocks comprising Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index and National Stock Exchange's S&P Nifty, HDFC has the highest P-Notes holding in value, 14.2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank's 9.1 per cent.
This is the first time ICICI Bank has gone for a share split.
India's growing knowledge economy and rising consumer aspirations drove the growth of ICICI Bank, the country's most valuable lender, its CEO K V Kamath said.
A day after downgrading its rating of public sector lender SBI's financial strength, Moody's on Wednesday re-affirmed its rating for ICICI Bank and said the private sector lender continues to maintain a robust franchise and a strong liquidity, capitalisation and earnings profile.
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.
The bank got the share in lieu of repayment of loan.
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