Glittering gold gives markets some Christmas cheer

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6%. Japan’s Nikkei was down 0.2%, paring earlier losses of around 1%. Gold miners in Australia led a 1.3% jump for the S&P/ASX 200.

Dalal Street indices rebound to end with minor losses

The Nifty declined 35 points, or 0.19%, to end at 18,385. Both the indices had fallen over 1% earlier in the day amid a market wide sell-off after Bank of Japan surprised investors by modifying its yield curve control band, sending Asian stocks in a tailspin.

Analysts’ backing for Axis Bank takes stock to lifetime high

​​Axis Bank is currently trading at 1.4 times its FY25 estimated core book value, compared with 1.9 times that of ICICI Bank. The net interest margin gap between ICICI Bank and Axis Bank has narrowed to 36 basis points (bps) in April-September 2022 versus 64 bps in the previous year. One basis point is 0.01%.

SpiceJet looks to settle dues of aircraft lessors

The company will first transfer its cargo undertaking to a newly created subsidiary. The unit, SpiceXpress, will then issue compulsorily convertible debentures (CCDs) to the parent, said the people cited above. Then, SpiceJet will offer lessors the option to swap lease payments with the CCDs.

Piramal partner Cosmea exits race to acquire R-Capital

Effectively, it would be difficult for Piramal Enterprises now to participate in the auction process scheduled Wednesday. This is mainly because Piramal’s binding offer is for one entity of Reliance Capital, while only those bidders offering to buy the entire company can participate in the challenge auction process. Furthermore, Piramal’s binding offer was made with […]