Borrowing cost may rise for power, infra, health and engineering companies
The central bank’s direction to credit rating agencies (CRAs) in April was followed by clarifications in July that CRAs are not permitted to rely on support structures like letters of credit (LoC), letter of support, obligor-co-obligor structure, etc, for deriving rating comfort while assigning CE ratings.
PSU oil companies’ fund rush pushes up rates
Meanwhile, CP rates have increased by up to 50 basis points since the second-third weeks of July, amid a higher supply of papers coupled with expectations of more rate hikes by the central bank.
Metal & mining stocks to face headwinds as China’s export glut weighs on prices
Nomura said Indian steel mills cut HRC (hot rolled coil) prices for August by ₹3,500 per tonne to ₹58,500 from the previous month and CRC (cold rolled coil) by ₹2,500 per tonne to ₹66,000. The government in May had slapped an export duty of 15% on various steel products and imposed a 45% duty on […]
Impact of impending HDFC merger on Nifty’s Sept rejig in spotlight
Based on the assets under management (AUM) of Nifty-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) of ₹1.7 lakh crore, the index changes related to the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger-could result in buying and selling of stocks worth over ₹48,000 crore based on prices as on the end of July, said ICICI Securities.
Assets under SIPs hit a new peak on inflows, market rally
According to the data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), the share of SIP linked AUM in the total mutual fund (MF) industry AUM expanded to record 16.1% in July compared with the long-term average of 11%.