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Nifty PSU Bank index surges 2%; Canara Bank, Bank of Baroda gain over 3%

Operational performance is expected to remain positive across lenders, given steadier yields. Thus, robust recovery in earnings is expected in PSU banks, ICICI Securities said

Govt notifies 12% wage hike for employees of PSU general insurers

The Finance Ministry has notified an average 12 per cent wage hike for employees of four public sector general insurance companies effective from August 2017. "This Scheme may be called the General Insurance (Rationalisation of Pay Scales and other Conditions of Service of Officers) Amendment Scheme, 2022," a gazette notification dated October 14, 2022 said. This wage revision is effective from August 1, 2017 and applicable to those who were in the service of these companies, it said, adding that officers and employees will get arrears for five years. The next revision due from August 2022 will be in the form of a variable pay based on the performance of the company and the employee, it added. Unions are not happy with imposition of pay linked to performance of the company and their performance. "We are having strong reservations against the way the wage revision has been done after the wait of 64 months. Linking wages with performance seems to be illogical as we employees underta

PSU banks give digital lending a push as part of EASE reform agenda

Public sector banks are fast adapting to digital means as they have cleared digital lending of Rs 83,091 crore in the financial year ending March 2022. As part of EASE 4.0 reforms, state-owned banks were asked to focus on digital lending, co-lending with non-banking firms, agriculture financing, and technological resilience for 24x7 banking. The Enhanced Access and Service Excellence (EASE) program, driven by Indian Banks' Association (IBA), also stressed on data analytics, automation, and digitization. Launched in 2018, EASE programme sets a common reforms agenda for public-sector banks every year. EASE aims to foster new-age reforms in Public sector banks (PSBs) to improve profitability, asset quality, customer service and digital capabilities. The fourth edition of EASE was focussed on technology-enabled simplified and collaborative banking and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman felicitated top performing banks on various parameters, according to a IBA statement. Bank of Barod

Analysts bullish on banks, defence-related plays in the PSU pack

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

Despite over 20% rally from June lows, analysts bullish on broader markets

With the recent rally, the Nifty Midcap 100 now trades at an 18-per cent premium to large-caps at 23.2x

BoB issues Rs 2,500 crore AT-1 bonds at 7.88%, cheaper than peers

Four PSU banks have raised Rs 7,800 crore AT-1 bonds so far in FY23 as credit demand booms

Despite 22% jump in 3 months, analysts see more upside in Nifty PSB index

Among individual shares, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, State Bank of India, Indian Bank, and Union Bank of India soared between 21 per cent and 34 per cent during the period

SBI Q1 review: Analysts cut earnings estimate to factor MTM loss, weak NIM

SBI Q1: The country's biggest state-owned lender reported a net profit of around Rs 6,070 crore (down 7 per cent year-on-year) with the miss being driven by 13 bps sequential decline in NIM

Top Headlines: Monsoon Session starts today; rupee's worst may soon be over

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will start on Monday and will see the election of a new President of India

Stocks to Watch Today: Adani Power, Biocon, Tata Steel, NTPC, PSU Banks

Stocks to Watch Today: Among airline shares, SpiceJet has reported seven aircraft related incidents in the last two months; while IndiGo said has hired over 1,500 cabin crew staff to counter likely at

Punjab National Bank tanks 10%, hits 52-week low on weak Q4 results

In Q4FY22, the bank's standalone net profit dropped 66 per cent YoY to Rs 201 crore as the bank set aside Rs Rs 325 crore on account of a fraud.

Bank credit growth seen in double digits in Q4; flat NIMs likely: Analysts

Q4 preview: Analysts believe earnings momentum is likely to gather pace, with healthy loan growth, stable margins, and improving asset quality trends

Top headlines: JioMart Express pilot to start, the oil price conundrum

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Public sector banks up loan growth target as corporate demand sees revival

Large public sector banks (PSBs) have revised upwards their credit growth target for the current financial year

Canara Bank's healthy Q3 result sparks rally in PSB; index jumps 3%

In Q3FY22, Canara Bank's asset quality improved with its gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio reducing to 7.80 per cent, down from 8.42 per cent as at September 2021.

SBI can rally to a new high, charts show; Canara Bank, J&K have 8% upside

The Nifty PSU Bank index needs to cross 2,850 to indicate further strength

Govt unlikely to announce capital infusion for PSU banks in Budget 2022-23

To augment their resources, banks would be encouraged to raise funds from the market and also by selling their non-core assets, they added.

Stocks to Watch:Wipro, Godrej Prop, Hero Moto, Vakrangee, JSW Energy, Paytm

Tarsons Product will make its debut on the bourses today, the issue price was fixed at Rs 662 per share

Sensex sheds 323pts, Nifty manages to hold 17,400; Infosys, ITC slip 2%

Smallcaps, sugar stocks and shares of recently listed companies like Paytm, SJS Enterprises, Fino Payments Bank and PolicyBazaar were in demand

PSU banks likely to get capital support in Q4 to meet regulatory needs

The government is likely to pump capital in public sector banks during the last quarter of the current financial year to meet the regulatory requirements