PSU Banks in focus post Q1 earnings: PNB, BoI, BoB, Uco Bank and IOB rallied over 3% each. SBI, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank and Central Bank were up 2-3%.
Stocks to Watch today, July 23, 2024: The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to present its first Budget under its third term
ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, IDFC First Bank, Bandhan Bank and Federal Bank from the private sector and Bank of Baroda PNB and SBI from the public sector slipped in the range of 1 per cent to 3 per cent
Stock market outlook on Nifty PSU Banks, Nifty CPSE stocks: Technical chart suggests up to 22 per cent upside for UCO Bank, SJVN, NHPC and Bank of Maharashtra; here's why.
Here's why the stock market rallied on Thursday, May 23: PSU bank stocks cheered RBI's dividend move; Optimism over election outcome coupled with ease in bond yields lifted NSE Nifty to a new high.
Brokerages remain upbeat on the stock following strong show in Q3 earnings
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With a market cap of Rs 1.43 trillion, IOB currently stands ahead of Punjab National Bank (Rs 1.38 trillion) and Bank of Baroda (Rs 1.29 trillion).
The Nifty PSU Bank index was the top performing sector post Interim Budget on Thursday; the index was up almost 12 per cent in the last four days.
The Nifty PSU Bank index hit a new high at 5,589, and has rallied over 10 per cent in the last one month.
The rally in PSBs, analysts feel, was more a knee-jerk reaction to the development, and the actual benefits will start to accrue once the addition takes place in 2024
To drive card payments and reduce dependence on cash, the government had abolished merchant service fees on transactions with state-owned RuPay cards from January 2020.
State Bank of India (SBI) stock outlook: Analysts at Nomura termed SBI's sharp NIM decline "disappointing" as the lender's YoY NIM expansion of 31bp significantly trailed private banks.
The Nifty Bank, Nifty Financial, Nifty Private and Nifty PSU Bank indices were up 0.35 - 0.51 per cent, while Nifty Realty and Nifty Auto indices were down 0.10 - 41 per cent .
In Q4, the operational performance was expected to remain positive across lenders with PSU banks seen delivering continued strong earning trajectory.
SBI, Bank of Baroda, Punjab & Sind Bank, Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank were up 4 - 7 per cent each.
According to the technical analyst, the finance sector is expected to underperform in the near term, but this underperformance will provide a good buying opportunity for traders and swing players.
However, fertiliser stocks may not see another upsurge as they have have more-than-doubled in the last six months, they said
At 11:35 am; Nifty PSU Bank index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up 2 per cent, as against 0.06 per cent decline in the Nifty50
Punjab & Sind Bank trading higher for the fourth straight day, surging 42 per cent during the period, and quoted at its highest level since February 2018.