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'PSBs need to step up as govt lifts embargo on grant of biz to pvt banks'

Some large private banks, unlike mid-sized banks, were allowed to participate in the government's businesses even after the RBI restricted the private lenders' participation in 2012

RIL's revamp paves way for O2C stake sale, next leg of growth: Analysts

Reorganisation won't impact RIL's consolidated financials or shareholding. Analysts say the de-merger will be done at tax networth of O2C assets, making transaction tax neutral for RIL

Base metals stocks shine as supply crunch, EV push lift copper, zinc prices

Shares of firms in this space up 50-198% since November 2020; global demand for copper and aluminium outstrips supply, pushing spot prices higher than futures

SBI Cards m-cap tops Rs 1-trillion; Five factors that are driving the stock

The firm's m-cap is now more than that of Tata Motors, Shree Cement, and JSW Steel

Morgan Stanley believes SBI is well-placed to capitalise cyclical lift

Morgan Stanley has raised its one-year target price to Rs 600 apiece. In their bull-case, the target price is pegged at Rs 830, implying a 100 per cent upside from Wednesday's close

Info Edge drops 12% in 2 days despite analysts raising targets; here's why

Analysts at Edelweiss Securities have 'Hold' rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 5,460 considering the core business's steep valuation

Threat to BSNL, tepid listing gains: Analysts' take on RailTel IPO

Listen to this podcast to know what Ambareesh Baliga, an independent market analyst; and Likhita Chepa, senior research analyst at CapitalVia Global Research have to say about the issue

Nomura, Morgan Stanley bet on these stocks as Nifty Bank hits new record

The Nifty Bank index, which was the top performing index on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), jumped nearly 730 points, or 2 per cent, in the intra-day deals to hit a new 36,837 levels

Oil prices, muted traffic: Why airlines may not benefit from airfare hike

On Thursday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation hiked the airfare price band on flights with 90 to 120 minutes of duration to Rs 3,900, up from Rs 3,500 earlier

HDFC Q3 standalone profit slips 65% YoY to Rs 2,926 cr, revenue tanks 42.2%

Its consolidated net profit, attributable to the owners, however, came in at Rs 5,176.76 crore for the quarter under review, clocking an improvement of 35 per cent on year

Why pharma stocks are underperforming despite Rs 2.23 trn Budget allocation

Much of the increase in this year's Budget allocation for health and well-being is attributed to expenditure set aside for Covid-19 vaccination

ICICI Bank Q3: Treasury gains, stake sale in ICICI Sec to aid profitability

The key monitorable, analysts said, will be downgrades to BBB and below list; outlook on asset quality; update on restructuring account; and business outlook

IndiGo reports Rs 620 cr loss in Q3, revenue drops 51% YoY to Rs 4,910 cr

The pre-tax loss came in at Rs 623.1 crore for the quarter under review, compared with pre-tax profit of Rs 556.5 crore clocked in Q3FY20.

IndiGo Q3 preview: Server hack, fleet expansion among key monitorables

Investors expect the low cost airline to be a key beneficiary of revival in domestic travel amid the roll out of the coronavirus vaccine

Dip in PAT, weak asset quality: What to track in Bank of Baroda's Q3 result

HSBC pegs Bank of Baroda's Q3FY21 net profit at Rs 164.1 crore, a staggering 90 per cent de-growth from September quarter's PAT of Rs 1,678.6 crore

Axis Bank Q3: Profit may jump up to 83% YoY; asset quality could take a hit

Limited Covid-19 provisioning in the quarter may shore up profit of Axis Bank, analysts at Edelweiss Securities said in their result preview report

L&T Q3 profit rises 5% YoY to Rs 2,467 cr on record quarterly order inflow

The Group order inflow for the quarter ended December 31, 2020 registered a strong growth of 76 per cent over the corresponding quarter of the previous year and stood at Rs 73,233 crore

Reliance Industries stock dips 6% post Q3; analysts see up to 21% upside

Reliance Industries' consolidated net profit, of Rs 13,101 crore in the December quarter, jumped 37 per cent sequentially, and beat Street expectations of a 32 per cent QoQ profit improvement

PSBs' Q3 nos to be a mixed bag; loan growth, NPAs to be tracked: Analysts

Analysts expect Public Sector Banks' net profit to plunge a massive 43 percent on year, and 71 per cent sequentially

Q3 preview: IndiGo, SpiceJet to benefit from weak dollar, festive travel

During the three months to December, Brent crude prices declined 28 per cent YoY while domestic aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices plunged 31 per cent YoY