Skip to main content

Market Update - YES Bank surges 25%,Sensex down, Nifty around 10,750

Yes, Bank Jumps 30% -  As RBI Says No Divergence In Asset Quality Shares of the Mumbai-based bank jumped as much as 29.98 per cent, the most since July 2005, to Rs 220.25. The stock was the best performer on Sensex and Nifty. 



The private lender received Reserve Bank of India’s compliance assessment report for 2017-18, according to its stock exchange notification. The report stated that there is no divergence in asset classification and provisioning as per the country’s central bank norms. Trading volume was almost six times its 20-day average. The stock had declined 49 per cent in the past 12 months compared to a 5.1 per cent advance in the Sensex.

Market Opens: Benchmark indices are trading lower on a Thursday morning with Nifty hovering around 10,750 level. At 09:18 hrs IST, the Sensex is down 52.52 points at 35981.59, while Nifty is down 26.20 points at 10767.50. About 304 shares have advanced, 495 shares declined, and 30 shares are unchanged. 

Stocks to watch - Karur Vysya Bank, IOC, BPCL, HPCL, Reliance Capital, Repco Home Finance, DHFL, RIL, Kotak Mahindra Bank are among major losers, while Yes Bank is up 27 per cent, while Tata Motors, L&T are other major gainers.

Rupee Opens: The Indian rupee opened lower at 70.87 per dollar on Thursday versus previous close 70.80.

Shares of DHFL fell as much as 6.5 per cent to Rs 103.95. Public sector lender Bank of Baroda has initiated a forensic audit of loans to Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd., after a news website, Cobrapost alleged that the company has re-routed loan funds back to promoter group entities.


Share Market | Sensex Update | Nifty | Yes Bank Shares | Rupee Opens

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Stock Market News - Trade war worries kept base metal prices under pressure in 2019

The trade deal developments and its impact on the global economy remain the trendsetter of commodity prices in 2020. A successful deal will boost global economic activity and improve the demand for base metals. In the past year, trade uncertainty hit global economic sentiments adversely as base metal prices in the domestic futures market settled with moderate gains. Commodities such as copper and lead ended with gains of 8 percent, while aluminium and zinc advanced 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Performance of nickel was exceptional with a whopping gain of more than 40 percent. At the same time, price-performance at its key overseas markets was rather steady. Trade war worries that fanned fears of recession roiled the global manufacturing sector last year, particularly China. This because Chinese industries are the key consumers of all base metals. Economic growth in the country tumbled to multi-year lows due to the 17-month trade dispute between the United Sta...

Stock Market News - Yes, Bank top gainer, Ratnamani Metals Gains

Titan Company shares climb 2%: Shares of Titan Company climbed over 2 percent on BSE ahead of analyst and institutional investor meeting on December 20. Rupee Update: The Indian rupee recovered from the lows but trading marginally lower at 71.06 per dollar. NEWS ALERT |  1. Hold it against PSBs that they haven't passed the benefits of rate cuts to customers: FM -- Made sure stressed MSMEs are not declared NPAs: FM 2.  PSBs must move more liquidity out in the system: FM -- Together with banks and RBI, we looked at where liquidity was stuck: FM 3. Anish Shah appointed CFO of Mahindra & Mahindra till April 2021: BSE Filing -- Shah will become MD & CEO of co for 3 years w.e.f April 2, 2021. -- VS Parthasarathy will step down as CFO on April 1, 2020 -- Board approves transition of Anand Mahindra's role to Non-executive Chairman.  -- Pawan Goenka re-designated MD & CEO up to November 11, 2020 TOP GAINERS & LOSERS...

Stock Market News - Yellow metal hits fresh record high as Iran attacks US forces

On the MCX, gold contracts for February were trading higher by Rs 562, or 1.38 percent, at Rs 41,225 per 10 gram at 0920 hours. It hit a record high of 42,278 per 10 gm. India Gold February futures hit a fresh record high on January 8 tracking gains in international spot prices which surged past $1,600 an ounce mark after Iran fired rockets at Iraqi airbase which hosts US forces that triggered risk-off sentiment. Spot prices hit their highest since March 2013 at $1,610.90 earlier in the session. US gold futures rose 2 percent to $1,605.80. “The jump in the price of what’s viewed by investors as a safer asset in times of political and economic uncertainty came after Iran’s missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday,” said a Reuters report. “The attack came hours after the funeral of an Iranian commander whose killing in a US drone strike has raised fears of a wider conflict in the Middle-East,” it said. On the MCX, gold contracts for February were trading...