ICICI Bank Falls Over3% In Pre-Market Trade

ICICI Bank Falls Over3% In Pre-Market Trade — Shares of the country’s leading private sector lender fell as much as 3.02 percent to Rs 270 after reports alleged quid pro quo between Videocon Group and the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Chanda Kochhar as well as her family members with respect to extending a loan worth Rs 3,250 crore, an issue that has snowballed into a controversy even as the lender has come out in defence of Kochhar.   

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Stocks To Watch: ICICI Bank, UltraTech Cement, Canara Bank, Coal India

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – The Singapore-traded SGX Nifty, an early indicator of NSE Nifty 50 Index’s performance in India, fell 0.1 percent to 10,232 as of 7:10 a.m.

Asian shares edged higher, the dollar steadied and Treasuries slipped as the second quarter began for some of the region’s traders. Volumes are expected to be subdued with many markets across the world still closed for the Easter holiday.

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State-Owned Banks Worst Hit By Fraud Despite Spending More On Audits

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – State-Owned Banks Worst Hit By Fraud Despite Spending More On Audits — That’s according to a new report by proxy advisory firm Institutional Investors Advisory Services. The high audit fees in public sector banks are a function of large number of branches, multiple auditors, higher number of physical audits and Reserve Bank of India prescribed rates, IiAS said in its report. “Despite paying high audit fees, the quantum of fraud in public sector banks tend to be much higher.”                   

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