ICICI Bank share price zooms 10% after Q2 result shows improved asset quality; is it the right time to buy?
Posted on 29th October 2018 |
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| ICICI Bank shares zoomed nearly 10% on Monday after the bank’s quarterly results showed an improvement in asset quality for the quarter ended September 2018. ICICI Bank share price surged by 9.8% to an intra-day high of Rs 346.55 per share on the NSE on Monday, the highest level in over a month. ICICI Bank was the top gainer on both the Sensex and Nifty indices in Monday’s trade. Post-market hours on Friday, the country’s second-largest private sector lender ICICI Bank reported a 55.84% fall in its net profit for the quarter under review to Rs 908.88 crore as against Rs 2,058.19 crore reported in the corresponding period of last year. However, the bank reported a strong quarter as compared to the first quarter of the year, reporting a profit during the July-September 2018 period as compared to a loss of Rs 120 crore in Q1 FY19. ICICI Bank’s asset quality improved during the quarter with the net non-performing assets (NPA) ratio slipping from 4.19% during the April-June quarter to 3.65% during the July-September quarter. Net interest income was reported at Rs 6,418 crore during the second quarter ended September 2018 compared to Rs 5,709 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2017. The bank reported lowest slippages in 12 quarters leading to highest NII growth in 12 quarters. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict
Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices
Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah
Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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