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Eight of the top 10 valued firms added Rs 82,169.3 crore in market valuation last week, with HDFC twins emerging as the biggest winners amid an overall positive trend in equities. Last week, equity markets were closed on Tuesday (April 4) for 'Mahavir Jayanti' and on Friday (April 7) on account of 'Good Friday'. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 841.45 points or 1.42 per cent in the holiday-shortened week. Of the top 10 valued firms, eight including Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, HDFC and ITC witnessed gains in their market valuation. From the top-10 pack, the valuation of HDFC Bank jumped Rs 31,553.45 crore to Rs 9,29,752.54 crore. HDFC's market valuation surged Rs 18,877.55 crore to Rs 5,00,878.67 crore. Bharti Airtel added Rs 9,533.48 crore taking its valuation to Rs 4,27,111.07 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of Reliance Industries rallied Rs 6,731.76 crore to Rs 15,83,824.42 crore and that of TCS climbed Rs 5,81

The National Stock Exchange Nifty50 gained 126 points, or 0.7 per cent, to close at 18,817

HDFC Q4: The company's total revenue from operations was up 35.6% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 16,679.43 crore

Global headwinds are likely to slow down India's GDP growth, but the country is more resilient than many large economies, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh said on Saturday. India has enough tailwinds with political stability, vaccine security, food security, a robust domestic consumption-based economy, digitisation initiatives and a robust regulatory system for the financial sector, Parekh said at SPJIMR's Centre for Family Business and Entrepreneurship (CFBE) event. "India is not immune to the global shocks but has proved to be more resilient than many large economies. For sure, India's GDP growth will slow down because of global headwinds," he said. For startups, he said, "many investors still have plenty of dry powder for good, innovative ideas, but the days of cash burn and high valuations are behind us". Entrepreneurship in India has exploded because of the conducive startup environment in the country and India has the third largest number of startups after the US and China, Parekh

The expansion of India's services sector for the 20th straight month further boosted sentiment

This is the highest in a three-month period since merger announcement with HDFC Ltd

Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Tuesday said it has reported a 11.6 per cent rise in loans at Rs 9,340 crore in the March quarter. The corporation had assigned (sold) loans amounting to Rs 8,367 crore in the year-ago period, HDFC Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Individual loans sold in the preceding 12 months were Rs 36,910 crore as against Rs 28,455 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, it said. Gross income from dividend for the quarter ended on March 31, 2023 was Rs 207 crore as compared to Rs 128 crore, it said. During the quarter ended on March 31, 2023, it said, there was no sale of investments in subsidiary/associate companies.

SBI Mutual Fund on Monday bought 47.33 lakh shares of HDFC AMC for Rs 757 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), SBI Mutual Fund purchased 47,33,788 shares of the company. The shares were acquired at an average price of Rs 1,600 apiece, taking the aggregate value at Rs 757.40 crore. On Monday, shares of HDFC AMC closed 0.17 per cent higher at Rs 1,681 per scrip on the NSE. In a separate bulk deal, Shrem Infra Structure Pvt Ltd offloaded shares in Shrem InvIT for Rs 178 crore through an open market transaction. Shrem Infra Structure Pvt Ltd is the sponsor of Shrem InvIT (Shrem Infrastructure Investment Trust). Shrem Infra Structure sold 1.56 crore shares at an average price of Rs 114 per piece, taking the transaction value at Rs 177.84 crore, as per the data available with the NSE. Rohit Kapadia and Kairus Shavak Dadachanji A/C Non-Discretionary were the buyers of the shares. Shares of Shrem Inv

Merger expected to be completed by this July

It may also compress the spread for debt instruments floated by HFCs over 10-year govt bonds, subject to demand and supply conditions

HDFC Bank awaiting clarity from the RBI on forbearances as merger gets last regulatory approval

Reacting to the penalty imposed by the central bank, HDFC Ltd said, it will take necessary steps to comply with the directions

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) for non-compliance with certain provisions issued by the National Housing Bank (NHB). Giving details, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said a statutory inspection of the company was conducted by NHB with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2020. It was revealed, inter alia, that the company failed to transfer matured deposits of certain depositors to designated bank accounts of such depositors during the period 2019-20, the RBI said in a statement. In furtherance to the same, a notice was issued to the company advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for failure to comply with the directions, as stated therein. "After considering the company's reply to the notice, additional submissions made by it and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of ...

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The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday gave its approval for the merger of HDFC Property Ventures and HDFC Venture Capital with HDFC Capital Advisors, taking the merger of the parent with HDFC Bank a step closer. The tribunal is yet to approve the merger of its two insurance arms and the asset management company as also the patent into the bank as part of the USD 40-billion reverse merger. In its final order, the NCLT sanctioned a composite scheme of amalgamation of HDFC Property Ventures and HDFC Venture Capital into HDFC Capital Advisors, HDFC said in an exchange filing. The amalgamation will result in simplification, streamlining and optimisation of the group structure and efficient administration, the order said. Early this week, the tribunal had reserved the order for its approval of the HDFC and HDFC Bank merger after the parties sought 180 days more for the process. HDFC has already received the required approvals from the Securities and Exchange Board, sharehol

CLOSING BELL: The broader indices also outperformed, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were down up to 0.2 per cent as against the 0.8 per cent decline on the BSE benchmark.

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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) and HDFC Bank on Wednesday announced a partnership to launch a co-branded travel credit card. Known as the IRCTC HDFC Bank Credit Card, the co-branded card is in a single variant and is available on NPCI's Rupay network. This is the third tie-up of IRCTC after State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda. The card will provide exclusive benefits and maximum savings on bookings of train tickets booked through the IRCTC's ticketing website and through IRCTC Rail Connect app, HDFC Bank Group Head (Payments, Consumer Finance, Digital Banking and IT) Parag Rao told reporters here. Additionally, he said, IRCTC HDFC Bank Credit cardholders will enjoy an attractive joining bonus, discounts on bookings and access to the several executive lounges at railway stations across the country. Commenting on the association, IRCTC chairman and managing director Rajni Hasija said the co-branded card offers exclusive access to newly opened lounges

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