HDFC Bank’s Q4FY18 earnings sustained 20% YoY growth momentum but core operating profit growth was softer—up <25% versus 30% plus over the past couple of quarters. The miss was due to sharp moderation in loan growth (sub-20% YoY); surprising given better market opportunities in corporate segment (PSU fallout). Meanwhile, deposits grew a strong 13% QoQ, which along with capital raising will provide growth runway to the bank.

MUMBAI: Lenders led by State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday agreed to pay Rs 774 crore of deferred spectrum charges for Reliance Communications (RCom) to prevent further litigation in the Anil Ambani-owned company’s debt takeover by Reliance Jio, said two people close to the developments.

Key indices on Tuesday opened in green with the benchmark BSE Sensex opening up 100 points higher and Nifty was trading above 10,500 mark trading positive cues from Asian peers. At 9:48 AM, Sensex was trading 135 points higher at 34,586 points and Nifty was at 10,596.20 points.

The committee of creditors (CoC) for Essar Steel will meet on Tuesday to take a call on the bids after Thursday’s order by the Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). Sources close to the development said, ahead of the CoC meeting, major lenders of Essar Steel met on Monday to thrash out a strategy for the meeting.

As India’s largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)’s market cap surpassed the $100 billion mark, the Street is seeing value in the company’s organic growth plans. TCS saw its stock price soaring to a record high of Rs 3,557 on Monday on the BSE following better than expected Q4 results posted last week.

Although TCS’ market value on a closing basis slipped to $98.1 billion, it is still more valuable than its US-listed rival Accenture, which, according to Bloomberg, was valued at $98 billion.

On a day when its closest rival Tata Consultancy Services achieved the distinction of becoming the first Indian IT company to cross $100 billion in market cap, top leaders of Infosys led by newly appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Salil Parekh were busy convincing investors in Mumbai how they are trying to build a company that has put in place all the building blocks to emerge as a leader in the digital space, where most of the client budgets are going today.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is once again caught on the wrong foot, and this time for one of its recent circulars that made public names of over 2,000 entities, which have defaulted on its dues.

Some of the companies named in the list have raised objections with the finance ministry, stating that the list was erroneous, said sources aware of the development.

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar on Monday assumed the additional charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-owned Coal India Ltd.

Kumar, additional secretary with the coal ministry, has taken over from Central Coalfields Ltd CMD Gopal Singh, who was appointed as interim chairman of the world’s largest coal miner in September last year.

Volvo Cars has revealed its S90 Ambience Concept which comes with an industry-first sensory experience that synchronises visuals, sound and scent. The S90 Ambience Concept, making its public debut at the Beijing Auto Show in China, is based on Volvo’s top-of-the-line S90 Excellence three-seater executive saloon and focuses on chauffeured passengers in the rear seat.

China on Monday said the “protectionist” trade policy of the US and the “unprecedented” changes in the world order in the past 100 years will be discussed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their two-day summit this week. A day after the big announcement of Modi-Xi’s informal meet in China’s central city Wuhan on April 27-28, Beijing said the outcome of the meeting will be “positive”.

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