Axis Bank gains 4% on exposure to select accounts
Posted on 29th June 2017 |
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| Axis Bank was up 4.5% to Rs 514 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in intra-day trade after the bank said around 80% of its debt exposure to eight of the 12 stressed accounts referred in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directions on June 15, 2017. The RBI issued directions in their communication dated 15 June 2017 advising banks to initiate insolvency resolution process in select accounts under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015 (IBC). “The Bank's had exposure on eight of these accounts on 31s March, 2017. Total fund based outstanding of the Bank on these accounts was Rs 5,071 crore. Non-fund based outstanding was Rs 212 crore,” Axis Bank said in a regulatory filing. Around 80% of the outstanding was secured. Against this outstanding, the provision held was Rs 2,497 crore, it added. At 10:56 am; the stock was up 3.8% at Rs 511, the top gainer among Nifty 50 index, which was up 0.61%. A combined 4.59 million shares have already changed hands on the counter so far, against an average 6.2 million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE. Thus far in the calendar year 2017, Axis Bank had underperformed the market by gaining 10% against 16% rise in S&P BSE Sensex. |
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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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