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SBI Q2 results: Profit soars 28% YoY to Rs 18,331 crore; stock falls 3%

SBI Q2 results: SBI share price fell 2.9 per cent to Rs 834 per share on the BSE after the announcement of Q2 results 2024

SBI Q2 results preview: Profit may rise upto 17%, provisions could shoot up

SBI Q2 preview: SBI, India's biggest state-owned bank, is scheduled to report its financial results for quarter-ended (Q2 FY25) and half-year ended (H1 FY25) on September 30, 2024 on November 8, 2024

SBI stock hits 3-month high ahead of Q2 results; gains 10% in 2 weeks

Analysts believe SBI could sustain its outperformance (vs. private peers) in unsecured retail in the current environment, as delivered during the pandemic.

Nifty PSU Bank index soars 4%; Indian Bank, BOB zoom up to 12% post Q2 nos

At 02:20 pm; the Nifty PSU Bank index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 4 per cent, as compared to 0.8 per cent rise in Nifty 50.

Market crash? Nifty can fall another 1,000 points from here, charts suggest

If the Nifty is unable to sustain above 24,500 levels, technically it can then slip to its 200-DMA placed at 23,365 levels, charts suggest.

RBI stance change to 'Neutral' sparks rally in Bank, Auto, Realty stocks

RBI MOC Policy today: The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also kept its key repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for a tenth straight policy

F&O Alert: FIIs net sell 3.5 lakh Nifty, Bank Nifty futures in just 3 days

Derivatives market update Oct 08: FIIs turn bearish on Indian stocks, long-short ratio in index futures dipped below 1 for the first time since August 14. Retail and proprietary trades turn bullish.

Pivot points to track on 5 private, PSU bank stocks ahead of RBI policy

SBI, Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and PSB are seen trading at their respective make-or-break points post the recent stock market fall. Here are the key levels to watch out for.

SBI plans to recruit around 10,000 new employees during FY25 for efficiency

The country's biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) intends to recruit about 10,000 new employees during the current financial year to meet its general banking requirement and foster its technical prowess. The bank has invested significantly in technology to provide seamless customer service as well as to strengthen the resilience of its digital channels. "We are strengthening our workforce, both on the technology side as well as on the general banking side. We have recently announced around 1,500 technology people recruitment both at the entry level and slightly at the higher level," SBI Chairman C S Setty told PTI in an interview. "Our technology recruitment is also on specialized jobs like data scientists, data architects, network operators etc. We are recruiting them for a variety of jobs in the technology side...So, in all, our current year requirement will be around 8,000 to 10,000 people. Head count will be added to both specialized and general sides," he said. The total

SBI declares MTNL a non-performing asset amid Rs 325.53 crore debt

SBI warns telecom firm MTNL that payment failure would result in a penal interest rate being applied to the outstanding balance

Nifty PSU Bank index rises 2% after Bank of Baroda posts steady Q2 numbers

Analysts at Elara Capital said no significant asset quality challenges and steady growth may ensure rerating for some PSU banks (after recent correction) on earnings stability.

SBI plans to add 600 branches in network during FY25: Chairman Setty

State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to open 600 branches across the country in the current financial year in a bid to tap business opportunities in emerging areas including large residential townships. "We have strong branch expansion plans...this would be mainly focused on emerging areas. A lot of residential colonies are not covered by us. Around 600 branches is something we are planning in the current year," SBI Chairman C S Setty told PTI in an interview. The country's biggest lender opened 137 branches last fiscal. Of the total, 59 new rural branches were inaugurated. SBI has a network of 22,542 branches across the country as of March 2024. Apart from branch presence, SBI has 65,000 ATMs and 85,000 business correspondents. "We serve about 50 crore customers and we take pride in saying that we are the banker to every Indian, and, more importantly, to every Indian family," he said. He also said it would be his endeavour to transform SBI into the best bank, the most valued ba

Nifty, Bank Nifty PCR turns bearish; Longs added in MidCap; Shorts in RIL

Derivatives market update Oct 01: FIIs continue to hold more than 4 long positions in index futures for every short bet. Proprietary trades hold 5 shorts for every bullish bet in index futures.

State Bank of India brought down Kingfisher, Air India: JKC to SC

The first tranche payment of Rs 350 crore was required to be made by March 21, 2022

SBI aims to become first financial firm to cross Rs 1 trn profit: Chairman

State Bank of India (SBI) is aiming to become the first Indian financial firm to cross a milestone of Rs 1 lakh crore net profit in the next 3-5 years, chairman of the country's largest lender C S Setty has said. SBI recorded a standalone net profit of Rs 61,077 crore in FY24, registering a growth of 21.59 per cent. "We have potential. Definitely, we would like to be the first company in India to reach that milestone," Setty said when asked if it is possible to cross Rs 1 lakh crore in the next 3-5 years. However, he said, "while profits, market capitalization etc are extremely important elements for our organization, we give equal thrust on customer-centricity and it acts as a fundamental aspect of our operations." With regard to corporate loan demand, Setty said, the bank has already got a Rs 4 lakh crore strong credit pipeline from India Inc and capital expenditure by the private sector is expected to pick up in the second half of the fiscal year. "We see a good amount of inter

SBI has Rs 4 trn credit pipeline, pvt capex to pick up: Chairman C S Setty

SBI Chairman C S Setty has said the bank has already got Rs 4 lakh crore strong credit pipeline from India Inc and expressed hope that capital expenditure by the private sector is expected to pick up in the second half of the fiscal year. "We see a good amount of interest in private capital expenditure. The infrastructure financing, of course, is mainly coming from the roads, renewable energy, and some of the refineries," he told PTI in an interview. As far as public spending is concerned, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed to raise the capital expenditure target by 11.1 per cent to record Rs 11.11 lakh crore for 2024-25. This is 3.4 per cent of the country's GDP. Setty said some of the corporates had undertaken brownfield expansion for which the capital expenditure was funded by their own cash accruals and cash balances that they had. However, he said, "We now see some of the corporates drawing the term loans for brownfield expansion too." "We have a pipel

Corporate bond market needs to be strengthened: SBI chairman Setty

State Bank of India Chairman C S Setty on Wednesday stressed that the corporate bond market needs to be strengthened even as he assured that the banking industry's exposure to small loans remains manageable, primarily due to the active participation of NBFCs and MFIs. Speaking on the sidelines of Bengal Chambers of Commerce and Industry's annual financial market conclave here, Setty also addressed concerns about the slowdown in unsecured loans and the importance of maintaining a healthy CASA (current and savings account) ratio. "One of the major points in corporate lending is that it was mainly done by banks. Corporate bond market still has to get strengthened," Setty said. "I think these financial services players were also significant players in mobilizing the household deposits, and have to come to the market," he said. Setty said that the banking industry is not into small value loans as such loans are given by NBFCs and MFs and added that there is some slowdown due to the ...

State Bank of India raises Rs 7,500 cr at 7.33% via Tier-2 bond issuance

This issuance follows a similar Rs 7,500 crore bond offering on August 28 at a slightly higher coupon rate of 7.42 per cent, a 9-basis point difference

SBI raises Rs 7,500 crore through issuance Basel III-compliant bonds

State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 7,500 crore through issuance of Basel III-compliant Tier 2 bonds to qualified institutional bidders. In a regulatory filing, SBI said the issue attracted overwhelming response from investors with bids in excess of 3 times against the base issue size of Rs 4,000 crore. "The investors were across provident funds, pension funds, mutual funds, banks etc," SBI said. SBI Chairman C S Setty said the wider participation and heterogeneity of bids demonstrated the trust investors place in the country's largest bank. The bonds are issued for a tenor of 15 years and have a coupon rate of 7.33 per cent. This is the second Basel III-compliant Tier 2 bond issuance for the current fiscal. "The bank has decided to accept Rs 7,500 crore at a coupon rate of 7.33 per cent payable annually for a tenor of 15 years with call option after 10 years and each anniversary dates thereafter," SBI said. Basel III is a set of international banking ..

Nomura cuts target prices for Axis Bank, SBI and BoB ahead of Fed meeting

Analysts at Nomura suggested that larger private banks are likely to experience a greater negative impact on their NIMs from the potential US Fed rate cuts compared to mid-sized & smaller banks.