Stock market is gearing up for an eventful week ahead where key triggers such as quarterly earnings from corporates, the US Fed interest rate decision and the upcoming Union Budget for 2026-27 would grab the limelight, analysts said. Equity markets would be closed on Monday for Republic Day. Moreover, trading activity of foreign investors, rupee-dollar […]
India will need “at least eight to 10” large banks to support economic growth as consolidation gathers pace across the sector, Axis Bank Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Chaudhry said. Amitabh Chaudhry, chief executive officer of Axis Bank. (Bloomberg) “It’s a play across the entire product suite” and “right now we don’t have that” in the […]
India’s stock market opened higher today, driven by gains in private banks after Axis Bank Ltd. reported its quarterly results on Wednesday. A man enters a branch of Axis Bank in New Delhi, India. (Reuters) At 10:03 am, the 30-share S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.52% to 83,031.83 points even as the wider NSE Nifty 50 […]
Axis Bank Ltd. reported a bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, as higher provisions for bad loans weighed on earnings. Axis Bank shares fell 0.65% to ₹1169.00 apiece on the BSE even as the benchmark Sensex ended the day 0.70% higher at 82,605.43 points. (Reuters) Standalone net profit of India’s fourth-largest private lender by […]