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Net office leasing in top 6 cities likely to sustain at record levels: ICRA
Rating agency ICRA on Thursday said net leasing of office space in the top six cities rose 14 per cent to 65 million sq ft last fiscal and the demand is likely to sustain during 2025-26. In a statement on Thursday, ICRA said it expects the net absorption or leasing of office space in 2025-26 across the top six cities (Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune) to sustain at all-time high levels witnessed in the preceding year. The demand is driven by Global Capability Centres (GCCs), Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) institutions, flex-space operators, and domestic Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPM) firms. Quoting data of PropEquity, ICRA said that the net absorption stood at a record 65 million square feet in 2024-25 (14 per cent YoY growth) across India's top six cities. In the April-June quarter of this fiscal, 17 million sq ft of office spaces have been absorbed.
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Icra Q1 results: Profit rises 19% to ₹43 crore on ratings growth
Domestic rating agency ICRA on Thursday reported a 19.2 per cent growth in profit at Rs 42.8 crore its June quarter. The firm posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 35.9 crore in the year-ago period. Consolidated revenue from operations increased 8.4 per cent to Rs 124.5 crore for the June quarter compared to Rs 114.8 crore a year earlier. In the current quarter, ICRA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent shareholding in Fintellix India Pvt Ltd for USD 26 million (Rs 225 crore). The acquisition is subject to the completion of mutually agreed conditions as per the share purchase agreement (SPA). ICRA MD and Group CEO Ramnath Krishnan said, "Our ratings business continued to benefit from a supportive credit environment, marked by strong bond issuances and securitisation activity. "The research & analytics segment remained stable, with growth in risk management and market data offset by the residual impact of ESG project discontinuation in the previous ...
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Midcaps Persistent Systems and ICRA alongwith smallcap Valiant Labs look technically strong on charts, following the formation of 'Golden Cross' on Wednesday.
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