The rally in public sector banks, after their impressive September quarter performance, may soon fizzle out. Should investors turn to their private peers for better returns?
In the past one month, shares of Union Bank of India zoomed 61 per cent, as against 4 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex
Analysts see up to 31 per cent and 17.6 per cent upside in SBI and BoB's stock, respectively, from a one-year perspective
At 10:41 AM; Nifty PSU Bank index, the top gainer among sectoral indices, was up 2.5 per cent, as compared to 0.43 per cent decline in the Nifty50 index.
State Bank of India is the only stock that has bucked the trend. The stock has amplified investors' wealth by 250 per cent in the last five years and 550 per cent in the twelve-year period
The Nifty PSU Bank index climbed to a fresh two-year high even as the NSE benchmark slipped a per cent.
With the withdrawal of easy and cheap money globally, fundamentals would come to fore, analysts suggest. Therefore, one needs to stay invested in the right quality of stocks, analysts suggest
IOB has surged 20 per cent to Rs 23.80, while CBI gained 15 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade today.
SBI appears well-positioned to report a strong uptick in earnings, led by moderation in credit costs, as the bank has strengthened its balance sheet and increased its PCR
Post merger of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank, Union Bank has raised capital which has improved the capitalisation levels of the bank enhancing its ability to absorb asset quality pressures
The stock of Central Bank of India is poised to breakout on the upside if it manages to conquer the resistance of Rs 25.50 with a stable upmove
The stock of the Mumbai-based Central Bank was locked in the upper circuit at Rs 24.30 on the back of an over 2x jump in trading volumes. A combined 88.5 million shares changed hands
A broad improvement in the sector's asset quality and India's plans to transfer soured loans to a proposed bad bank boosts their growth outlook
There will be run up in stock when government disinvests its stake, says investor.
Earnings improvement over two quarters was without proportionate lending growth
The main concern for the PSU banks is governance, says Pradeep Gupta of Anand Rathi Shares & Stock Brokers
On Thursday, the Nifty PSU Bank index, a gauge for the performance of state-owned banking stocks, rose 5.6 per cent
In the past one week, Bank of Maharashtra and Indian Overseas Bank have surged up to 67 per cent on report that the government has shortlisted four mid-sized state-run banks for privatisation
Dip in bad loan provisions support better quarterly show; NPAs decline
Canara Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of Baroda, and State Bank of India surged between 2.6 per cent and 6 per cent in the intra-day trade today