Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Eleven out of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE were trading lower led by the S&P BSE Finance index’s 0.4 percent drop. On the other hand, the S&P BSE Realty index was top gainer, up 0.7 percent.
Indian equity benchmarks edged lower dragged by weakness in ICICI Bank, HDFC twins and Infosys.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – ICICI Prudential Gains As Brokerages Maintain Positive Stance Post Q4 – Shares of the private life insurance company rose as much as 4.9 percent to three-month high of Rs 438.60. International brokerage Citi revised its recommendations and target price after the company announced its fourth quarter results.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – RBI delaying year-end bonuses to the heads of top private banks — HDFC, ICICI and Axis Bank — Chief executive officers at HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. —the nation’s largest private lenders by assets — are among bankers yet to receive bonuses for the financial year ended 31 March 2017, as the Reserve Bank of India hasn’t signed off on the proposed payments, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. They declined to give further details. Business Standard newspaper had previously reported the delays.