Sensex up 158 points on fag-end buying before US Fed decision

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 17:23

Realty, bank and FMCG sector stocks gained. ITC, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever and HDFC Bank helped the Sensex to rise.

MFs' exposure to bank stocks hit 19-month low of Rs 28,862 cr

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 18:01

Amid continuing weakness in banking stocks, fund managers' exposure to the sector has dropped to the lowest level in more than one-and-half years and stood at Rs 28,862 crore at the end of July.

Bank stocks surrender early gains as rupee tumbles to new low

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 18:04

In highly volatile trade, banking stocks on Wednesday erased almost all the gains they notched up in early trade after the rupee declined sharply to sub-64 levels.

Bank stocks under pressure; tank up to 9% on RBI measures

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 11:47

Yes Bank tanked 8.6 percent, while Bank of India slipped 7.61 percent, Canara Bank (6.39 percent), Axis Bank (6.13 percent), Kotak Mahindra Bank (5.56 percent).

Banking stocks plunge; BOB, Union Bank tank up to 8%

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 21:05

Banking stocks on Wednesday fell up to 8 percent after RBI proposed incremental provisioning and capital requirements for banks' exposure to corporates having unhedged forex exposure.

Realty, bank, auto stocks gain on rate cut hopes

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 19:28

Interest-rate sensitive bank, realty and auto stocks emerged as the day's star performers, notching up gains in the 3-8 percent range, amid hopes of a rate cut by RBI following inflation dropping to over three-year lows.

Realty, bank stocks surge on rate cut hopes

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 20:16

Shares of Prestige Estates surged 7.97 percent to Rs 176.75, while Unitech gained 6.09 percent to Rs 29.60 on the BSE.

Bank stocks tank up to 6% amid govt plans for higher borrowing

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 22:12

Financial stocks on Thursday slumped by as much as 6 percent on liquidity concerns in banking system after the government put its gross market borrowings target at Rs 6.29 lakh crore for the 2013-14 fiscal.

Equity mutual funds' banking sector exposure soars to 20.1%

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 18:35

The mutual fund industry is betting big on banking space with investments worth more than Rs 42,000 crore in bank stocks -- taking this sector's exposure to the highest level in more than three years.

NBFC, bank stocks gain after Lok Sabha passes Banking Bill

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 13:20

Shares of non-banking financial companies (NBFC) and banks on Wednesday surged as much as 14 percent after the Lok Sabha passed a Bill paving way for foreign investments in the sector and establishment of new private banks.