The sell-off in the banking pack, analysts said, was a knee-jerk reaction to the developments with US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) that announced a share sale to shore up its finances
State-owned bank may come out with qualified institutional placement of equity shares in the last quarter of FY23
Motilal Oswal Financial Services believes that sustained and consistent performance on delivering healthy return ratios can result in further re-rating of the stocks.
With today's fall, the Nifty PSU Bank index has corrected 15 per cent from its 52-week high level of 4,617.40 touched on December 15
In past one month, the stock price of UCO Bank zoomed 151%, while of Punjab & Sind Bank by 147%, as compared to 23% rise in the Nifty PSU Bank index and less than 1% gain in Nifty 50.
In the past one month, the Nifty PSU Bank index has rallied 31 per cent as compared to a 2.8 per cent rise in the Nifty 50 index
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.
Technically, whenever any stock remains unaffected during times of volatility, the trend indicates something positive underneath. Such stocks are preferred by market participants for trading gains.
Lender eyes equity offering by Q4FY23 or early FY24