Nine of the 10 most valued firms together added over Rs 2.12 lakh crore in their market valuation last week, with HDFC Bank and TCS emerging as the lead gainers. Last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark jumped 844.68 points or 1.38 per cent. The stock markets were closed on Tuesday for Guru Nanak Jayanti. From the top-10 pack, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) was the only laggard. The top 9 firms added a total of Rs 2,12,478.82 crore to their market valuation last week. Among the winners, HDFC Bank added Rs 63,462.58 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 8,97,980.25 crore. Tata Consultancy Services' valuation jumped Rs 36,517.34 crore to reach Rs 12,13,378.03 crore. The market valuation of HDFC advanced Rs 29,422.52 crore to Rs 4,81,818.83 crore and that of Reliance Industries climbed Rs 26,317.30 crore to Rs 17,80,206.22 crore. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of Infosys rose by Rs 23,626.96 crore to Rs 6,60,650.10 crore and Adani Enterprises surged by Rs 20,103.92 crore to Rs 4,56,992.
Both stocks were the biggest gainers in both the Sensex and Nifty indices and accounted for nearly half of the gains made by these indices
According to a Macquarie report, the merged entity of HDFC-HDFC Bank may command a MSCI Weight of 13 per cent, up from 5.78 per cent
Analysts positive on stock, expect it to trade in the Rs 2,750-Rs 3,000 range
Shifted from quarterly reset for individual loans to monthly one
SBI, BoB hammer out first gilt deal using digital rupee; 48 transactions carried out
SBI Card was exception as gains card base, market share
The modifications in relation to banks' non-core business could be made by amending the Banking Regulation Act
Banking system saw a net reduction of close to 290,000 cards during this period, impacted by RBI norms warranting deactivation of cards that are inactive for a year
Currently, the entity getting merged is removed from the index and later the weightage of the merged entity is increased
According to Grant Thornton Bharat's Dealtracker September 2022 report, a total of 450 deals worth $10.2 billion were recorded in Q3FY23, 25 per cent below the 600 deals recorded in Q3FY22
From a long-term perspective, they see up to 40.4 per cent upside in HDFC Bank's stock as growth outlook remains intact
The adhesive maker's inclusion to be ad hoc; analysts divided over treatment around HDFC's removal
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index climbed 3.6 per cent, Nifty Bank index 1.6 per cent, Nifty Financial Services and Private Bank indices up to 1.5 per cent
Apple festival offer of seven per cent instant saving (up to Rs 7,000) on use of eligible HDFC Bank credit cards and American Express cards is ending on October 24
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HDFC Bank reported a 20.1 per cent year-on-year increase in net profit to Rs 10,605.8 crore in July-September
For the quarter under review, HDFC Bank's net interest income, which is the difference between interest earned and interest expended, grew 18.9 per cent on-year to Rs 21,021.2 crore
HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 22.30 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the September quarter at Rs 11,125.21 crore. The city-headquartered lender had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 9,096.19 crore in the year-ago period. On a standalone basis, the largest private sector bank's net profit rose by over 20 per cent to Rs 10,605.78 crore as against Rs 8,834.31 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 9,196 crore in the preceding June quarter. For the reporting quarter, its total income rose to Rs 46,182 crore from Rs 38,754 crore in the year-ago period, while the expenditure, excluding provisions and contingencies, climbed to Rs 28,790 crore from Rs 22,947 crore, the bank said. The overall share of gross non-performing assets improved to 1.23 per cent of the book as against 1.35 per cent in the year-ago period and 1.28 per cent three months ago.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has given its nod for holding a shareholders' meeting for obtaining approval for the proposed merger of HDFC with HDFC Bank. The shareholder meeting will be convened on November 25, 2022 for the purpose of considering and approving the Scheme of Amalgamation, HDFC said in a regulatory filing on Friday. HDFC Ltd has also received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for transfer of HDFC Property Ventures Limited (HPVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary, to HDFC Bank. Termed as the biggest transaction in India's corporate history, HDFC Bank on April 4 agreed to take over the biggest domestic mortgage lender in a deal valued at about USD 40 billion, creating a financial services titan. The deal has got in-principle approval from the stock exchanges, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Sebi, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and Competition Commission of India (CCI). The proposed entity will have a combined