Hospital stocks hitting record highs on multiple boosters

Fortis Healthcare and Healthcare Global Enterprises hit a record highs on Tuesday, Apollo Hospitals and KIMS did so last week. All leading listed healthcare players have hit record highs on the bourses in the recent weeks in anticipation of a good June-quarter show.

Britannia hit by profit booking on rural headwinds

“There is an apprehension that sales may be impacted with slower recovery in rural areas than expected,” said Nirvi Ashar, fundamental research analyst at Religare Broking. The company is scheduled to announce its first-quarter results on August 4.

RBI says 88% of 2,000 notes returned in 2 months

As on July 31, about Rs 3.14 lakh crore worth of notes were recalled, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said, having announced the withdrawal on May 19. These banknotes, which the RBI said had served the purpose of urgently filling a systemic void caused by the November 2016 currency swap, continue to remain legally […]

Bad bank’s twin structure now seen as a bad asset

Under the twin structure, National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL) — the state-backed bad bank — acquires and aggregates bad loans from lenders while another organisation, India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL), acting parallelly as a private sector entity, focuses on resolution of the non-performing assets for enhancing the value of the loans and finding […]

RBI sends fresh draft to ESMA on CCIL oversight, said to hold firm

“The RBI sent a draft to the ESMA in the first week of July, there are some dilutions in the language, but they have not made any relaxations on the sticking point, which is the right to audit, inspect and potentially levy fines on the CCIL,” a source aware of the development said.