Ashok Chandra, serves as an Executive Director of Canara Bank, has been appointed as PNB MD and CEO. Binod Kumar has been name the executive director for Punjab National Bank
UBS shares fell by as much as 16% in early trade, their biggest one-day fall since 2008, amid concerns among investors about the long-term benefits of the deal and the outlook for banks in Switzerland, a country once seen a paragon of sound banking.
Last year, the Nifty IT index had given negative returns to the tune of over 25% and was among the worst sectoral performers. In 2023, this index has given 7% returns on a YTD basis, emerging as the top performer among other sectoral indices. While the benchmark Nifty 50 is down 1% so far this year. Meanwhile, its the complete opposite for banks in 2023 so far. In this video, we take stock of the divergent moves in both IT and banks and what stocks are analysts betting on from these 2 sectors. Watch here!
While bank credit flow tapered amidst the pandemic in FY21, non-bank credit stepped up sharply, so much so that even as bank-credit flow fell by 1.7 percent over FY20, there was an 18 percent increase in non-bank credit, resulting in a 10.4 percent growth in the total flow of resources to the commercial sector
In comparison, equity fund managers' deployment in banking stocks stood at Rs 55,086 crore in July 2014. Industry experts said that fund managers raised their allocation to bank stocks expecting a rate cut by the Reserve Bank.
Greece needs a deal that will unlock bailout funds by August 20, when it must repay some 3.4 billion euros (USD 3.7 billion) due to the European Central Bank.
Bank shares, especially those belonging to the public sector, were hammered as the Budget proposals for farm loans is being viewed as a negative.
The BSE Sensex and Nifty retraced some of their earlier losses in afternoon trade on Wednesday, tracking positive opening of European equities.
The Nikkei stock average fell on Wednesday, losing its grip on early gains as bank shares slipped and Fast Retailing Co skidded after posting disappointing sales figures.