ICICI Bank has reported a decline in its quarterly net profit for the first time since its merger with ICICI.
Among Sensex firms, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Bharat Electronics and Larsen & Toubro were the biggest laggards. However, Asian Paints, Maruti, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance were among the gainers.
Interest rates on fixed rate home loans have been increased by 0.75 per cent to 8.50 per cent from the current level of 7.75 per cent with effect from November 17, 2004.
ICICI Bank Ltd has acquired 3.6 crore shares, aggregating 12.65 per cent of Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd, due to a default in loan payment by the latter.
The agency has also named companies Nupower Renewables, Supreme Energy, Videocon International Electronics Ltd and Videocon Industries limited as accused in the FIR registered under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy and provisions of prevention of corruption act.
From the 30-Sensex firms, Bharat Electronics, Power Grid, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, and Bajaj Finserv were among the biggest gainers. However, HCL Tech, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, and Sun Pharma were the laggards.
"We always do not jump to hike in lending rates. We will see the overall impact before taking a call." \n
From the 30-Sensex firms, NTPC, ICICI Bank, Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma and Bajaj Finance were among the biggest laggards. However, Asian Paints, HCL Tech, Bharat Electronics and Reliance Industries were among the gainers.
ICICI Bank has emerged as the single Indian entity considered worth investing by Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the investment has given an impressive return of over 25 per cent in past one year alone.
ICICI Bank, India's second largest commercial bank, beat market expectations on Friday with a quarterly profit of Rs 3.38 billion, driving its shares up more than one percent.
ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, has been fined Rs 2 lakh (Rs 200,000) for knocking at the judiciary's door on false pretext by a Delhi court which asked it to have a sense of responsibility matching its size.
Neeraj Gambhir of ICICI Bank says that bond prices are surging due to auction and the Fed's move.
From the Sensex firms, Bajaj Finance, Trent, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, Eternal, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, and Bharat Electronics were among the laggards. However, Maruti, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra and NTPC were among the major gainers.
ICICI Bank on Thursday hiked interest rates on deposits of Non-Resident Indians.
The proportion of retail assets is higher, so NPAs from that part would be higher, says Kochhar.
ICICI Bank, the country's largest private sector bank, has scaled down its overseas operations, especially in the United States and Sri Lanka. It has also recalled some employees from its international offices now that the businesses of fund-raising and merger and acquisitions have shrunk.
The younger Ambani sibling had a two-hour meeting with K V Kamath, chief of ICICI Bank and a friend of the family, who is said to be working out a formula to end the feud at the behest of Kokilaben Ambani.
Corporate India is not bothered about the subprime crisis. I have not seen any large business house walk away from a deal on account of lack of funding.
Analysts on average had expected a net profit of Rs 26.93 billion for ICICI Bank, which is also listed in New York.
ICICI Bank on Friday said it has revised interest rates on foreign currency NRE fixed and FCNR deposits from July 1.
The second half of the financial year will be an important milestone for ICICI Bank.
IndusInd Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 3 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, HUL, Asian Paints, Titan and SBI.
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower in a highly volatile trade on Thursday amid relentless foreign fund outflows and selling in blue-chip ICICI Bank. Falling for the second day in a row, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 148.14 points or 0.18 per cent to settle at 83,311.01.
We plan to hire around 5,000-7,000 people this fiscal. We have also declared bonus and increments for our employees," ICICI Bank's managing director and chief executive, Chanda Kochhar, told reporters after inaugurating the 2000th branch of ICICI Bank in Mumbai on Monday.
The People's Bank of China has picked up a 0.006 per cent stake in ICICI Bank by investing Rs 15 crore in the private sector lender's Rs 15,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP) exercise which concluded last week.
ICICI Bank, one of India's leading home loan providers, on Monday announced a reduction in interest rates on its adjustable (floating) rate home loan products.
In a significant judgment, the Commission deprecated the "audacity and impunity" with which the banks have been effecting forcible possession of vehicles and ordered ICICI Bank also to pay Rs 50 lakh to a consumer, who was mercilessly beaten by the recovery agents while they snatched a loaned car from him.
With domestic markets turning choppy, investors are increasingly scouting for opportunities overseas to diversify portfolios and hedge against a weakening rupee.
ICICI Bank, the country's second largest bank, is planning a $1 billion overseas syndicated loan. This is the third time in four months that the bank will tap the overseas market for funds.
Vishal Goyal, Banking Analyst at Edelweiss Capital, says that the interest rate increase is not that harmful for banks' bottomline.
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The bank's net profit on standalone basis was Rs 2,652 crore (Rs 26.52 billion) in the forth quarter of the 2013-14 fiscal, up 15.01 per cent from Rs 2,304 crore (Rs 23.04 billion) in the year-ago period, ICICI Bank said in a statement.
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