Bharat Electronics (BEL), RailTel, Samvardhana Motherson International, and 13 other companies are expected to be in focus today as they have set August 14 as the record date for determining shareholders eligible for dividend payments. This means today is the last day to buy shares of these companies to qualify for the announced dividends. Dividends … Read more
Shares of Apollo Hospitals rallied 3.4% in Friday’s early trade to the day’s high of Rs 5,955 after the company reported a 77% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its net profit. The company’s revenue from operations in the January-March 2024 period increased 15% YoY to Rs 4,944 crore and the board of directors have also recommended … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s income rose 17 percent last fiscal on higher interest income from bond holdings, but it was the sharp drop in provisions transferred to the Contingency Fund that helped it pay a record Rs. 2.1 lakh crore in dividend to the central government. An amount of ₹42,819.91 crore was provided towards … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s income rose 15 percent last fiscal on higher interest income from bond holdings, but it was the sharp drop in provisions transferred to the Contingency Fund that helped it pay a record Rs. 2.1 lakh crore in dividend to the central government. An amount of ₹42,819.91 crore was provided towards … Read more
Mumbai: Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC), the country’s biggest insurer, reported a 2.5% increase in net profit to ₹13,762 crore for the March quarter, with wage increases accounted for in the period preventing further expansion in the bottom line. The insurer reported profit of ₹13,421 crore in the same period last year. The solvency … Read more
Shares of state-run Cochin Shipyard surged 10% to hit a new record high of Rs 2100 in Monday’s trade on BSE after the company reported multi-fold growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 258.88 crore for the March 2024 quarter on account of higher income. It had clocked Rs 39.33 crore profit in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Public sector power generator NTPC posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 6490.05 for the fourth quarter of 2023-24, up 33 per cent from Rs 4871.5 crore in 2022-23. The standalone total income of the company for the financial year stood at Rs 1,65,707 crores, as against the previous year’s total income of … Read more
Mumbai: India’s benchmark indices soared to fresh all-time highs on Thursday as the Reserve Bank of India’s larger-than-expected dividend payment to the government prompted traders to cover some of their bearish bets. Receding uncertainty over the BJP’s performance in the general elections also bolstered sentiment, with the NSE Nifty ending a whisker away from 23,000. … Read more
“I think RBI has been building up the forex reserves which are essentially being invested in securities which are overseas sovereign securities. The bond yields generally have gone up. In US bond yields have remained in the range of about 4% to 4.5%, even up to 5% on a short-term has gone up to 5%,” … Read more
If the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had private shareholders, as it had before 1949, they would have been a happy lot on Wednesday evening. The old lady of Mint Street will deliver its bounty from the financial markets – by far the most generous payout it has ever made – to New Delhi. At … Read more