ICICI Bank made an offer to acquire HDFC: Parekh

Veteran banker and former chairman of HDFC Ltd Deepak Parekh has said that ICICI Bank had made an offer to take over mortgage lender HDFC Ltd but it was declined. Photograph: Shailesh......

Pvt banks may lose ground again in FY26 as credit growth lags

India’s private-sector banks are likely to lose market share for a second consecutive year in 2025-26, as their loan books continue to expand much slower than overall bank credit. Illustration:......

Sensex end lower by 54 points on foreign fund outflows

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower on Monday in tandem with a weak trend in global markets and persistent foreign fund outflows. Photograph: Hemanshi Kamnani/Reuters......

Sensex down 275 points on fag-end selling

Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined for the third straight day on Wednesday to close at a nearly month's low, dragged by a last-hour selloff in consumer durables, private banks and IT......