Short term trend has turned negative as Bank Nifty has closed below its 5 and 20-day SMA
UCO Bank, Central Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra surged more than 5%, while Bank of India, Union Bank of India, PNB, IOB, Bank of Baroda and SBI were up in the range of 2% to 4% on the NSE
The index has fallen 32% since January, against an 8.2% decline in Nifty50
On Monday, global rating agency Fitch revised the outlook from "stable" to "negative" on the Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of nine Indian banks
Pharma stocks provide a good hedge as the markets slip from recent highs. For the Sensex, 32,400 level remains key
The RBI has extended moratorium period by another three months till August 31, 2020.
Credit to MSMEs, suspension of IBC proceedings weigh on sentiment
Relaxation in the two segments is positive of asset quality recovery, but investors should await clarity from post-results commentary
Both Sensex and Nifty have seen selling pressure around the Fibonacci retracement levels earlier. The Sensex needs to cross 32,000 mark for the up move to sustain, charts suggest
At 9:44 am, SBI was trading 1.2 per cent lower at Rs 184 apiece on the NSE, as against a 0.5 per cent rise in the benchmark Nifty50 index.
Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities expect banks to report healthy earnings due to the Reserve Bank of India's loan moratorium
The consolidation, that will merge 10 PSBs into four, comes at a time when the country and financial system is grappling with adverse fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Premium growth and persistency ratio could be impacted in the near term, but overall performance may be ahead of other BFSI players
For Nifty Bank, the immediate resistance comes in the range of 20,500 to 20,000 levels
For Nifty, a continuous gap-down sessions have dampened the upward move
For Hindalco, keep a stop at 157 and go short
The benchmark indices are holding the positive sentiment
Brent Crude Futures surged over 3 per cent to trade at $68.25 per barrel-mark. The West Texas Intermediate, too, gained 2.71 per cent to $62.84 per barrel.
Investors, however, booked profit at most banking counters with shares of SBI, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, YES Bank, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, and The Federal Bank down up 2.7 per cent.
The rising awareness of life insurance as a protection product is giving strong traction to the sector