The Nifty PSU Bank index hit a new high of 3,811.15 on Wednesday, and has zoomed 67 per cent from its 52-week low of 2,283.85, touched on June 20, 2022.
The bank had reported an 89% jump in net profit to Rs 2,525 crore in Q2FY23, aided by higher net interest income that came on the back of a healthy growth in advances
The Nifty PSU Bank index hit a fresh 52-week high on Friday and has gained 15 per cent so far this month. The index can rally another 4 per cent.
NII of the lender grew 18.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 7,434 crore
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State-owned lender's gross global advances up 20% YoY to Rs 8.24 trn; retail lending portfolio grows 12.5%
The bank, which aims to keep capital adequacy at the 16% and above level, has already raised Rs 6,000 cr via these instruments in H1
No word yet on successor to MD & CEO Girish Kousgi, who resigned on Monday
The CBI has filed a case against PSL Group and its directors for allegedly cheating Canara Bank to the tune of Rs 428.50 crore by defaulting on credit repayments, officials said. The agency on Thursday conducted searches at seven locations in Mumbai and Kutch, Gujarat, resulting in the recovery of incriminating documents, they said. In addition to the company, the CBI has also named its directors Ashok Yogender Punj, Rajender Kumar Bahri, Chitranjan Kumar, Jagdishchandra Goel and Alok Yogender Punj as accused in the case. Acting on a complaint by the bank, the CBI has taken over investigation after the registration of the FIR. It is alleged the accused entered into a conspiracy to cheat Canara Bank during 2016-19 and sought sanction of various credit facilities, the officials said, adding the accused misrepresented the account books, misutilised the funds of the bank and diverted receivables from its debtors. "It was further alleged that the loan amount received from the bank for
Canara Bank raised Rs 2,000 crore worth of AT1 bonds at a rate of 7.99 per cent, taking its total issuance of such bonds so far in the year to Rs 4,000 crore
The rally in PSU pack thus far in CY22 was mostly led by stocks from the banking and defence-related verticals, while those of oil & gas and metals & minerals did not contribute much
AT1 issuances are likely to cross Rs 20,000 crore mark as banks rush to tap capital markets
Stocks to Watch on Tuesday: Government may look to privatise PSU fertiliser companies; Adani Group in an attempt to allay fears of being overleveraged, said the firms have reduced debt over the years.
Canara Bank plans Rs 1,500-2,000 cr AT1 sale; Axis Bank, too, mulls fundraise
Canara Bank on Tuesday said it has hiked the benchmark MCLR by up to 0.15 per cent, a move that will make loans costlier. The revised marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) across various tenors would be effective from Wednesday, the lender said in a regulatory filing. The benchmark one-year MCLR will be 7.75 per cent against the existing rate of 7.65 per cent. The one-year rate is used to fix most consumer loans such as auto, personal and home loans. The overnight and one-month tenor MCLRs are raised by 0.10 per cent each while the three-month maturity bucket increased by 0.15 per cent or 15 basis points to 7.25 per cent. The hike is in line with other peers following RBI raising its key lending rate last month. RBI hiked repo rate, at which the central bank lends to banks, by 50 basis points to 5.4 per cent.
The technical analyst from HDFC Securities recommends buying Canara Bank 240 Call and simultaneously selling 250 Call for the September series.
Four PSU banks have raised Rs 7,800 crore AT-1 bonds so far in FY23 as credit demand booms
Stocks to watch today: Canara Bank plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore through tier II bonds; TCS clarified that it would pay 100 per cent of variable payout in the June quarter of FY23.
CLOSING BELL: Technically, shares of NDTV have rallied four-fold since December 2021, staging one of its biggest rally since 2007-08
Stocks to watch today: Adani Group plans to buy 29.18 per cent stake in NDTV; Canara Bank plans to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore via tier II bonds.