With malls and shops closed, spending avenues are practically non-existent.
Among sectoral indices, Nifty Metal index was the top gainer - up 3.74 per cent at 1,724 levels, followed by Nifty Financial Service index (up 3.43 per cent)
The bank's slippages moderated significantly in March, but provisioning costs because of the coronavirus rose.
Lenders are staring at unexpected asset quality losses due to the slowdown in economic activity after the countrywide lockdown.
The weight of FMCG, software and pharma companies in Nifty now at 31.5% from 25.3% in December 2017
Educated in Mumbai, where his father worked on Dalal Street, Damani dropped out of college after studying commerce for a year.
Investment values Jio Platforms at Rs 4.36 trn; US giant gets 9.99% stake, board seat; collaboration is non-exclusive
Today, IT giant Infosys is scheduled to come out with its Q4 numbers and analysts are penciling in a 1 per cent QoQ hit in its revenue growth in constant currency terms for the quarter
Till April 19, only 41 out of the 3,947 companies listed on the BSE have managed to finalise the dates for the declaration of their yearly financial results.
Until now, Chinese investments were automatically allowed, similar to those from other nations, in all but 16 sectors, such as telecom, defence, and national security.
It is one of the most coveted jobs in the Indian banking sector and market watchers are keenly awaiting who will be the chosen appointee.
It had reported a pre-tax profit of Rs 8,954.38 crore in the same period last financial year (Q4FY19).
All analysts are optimistic on the stock, which hasn't seen any downgrade so far
HDFC will be in focus in today's session after the People's Bank of China increased its stake in the lending major to 1.01 per cent
According to him, interest rates will go down further, but banks must pass them on to companies.
The weak opening of the European markets and a sharp deprecation in the rupee against the dollar weighed on stock prices
Barring three stocks - Eicher Motors, Shree Cement and Bajaj Finance - all the Nifty components have gained during this two-week period
Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities expect banks to report healthy earnings due to the Reserve Bank of India's loan moratorium
The deposit base of the private sector lender stood at Rs 11.46 trillion in Q4FY20 compared to Rs 9.23 trillion in the same period last year
Consumer goods major is down 4.2% since Feb 20, against 33% fall of HDFC Bank