hdfc bank share price: HDFC Bank shares rally 2% as LIC ready to play white knight

Following a 14% downside seen in seven trading sessions after Q3 disappointment, shares of HDFC Bank on Monday jumped up to 2% to the day’s high of Rs 1,462.85 after investors took comfort in RBI’s approval to LIC to increase stake in India’s largest private sector lender to 10%. While the state-run insurance company may … Read more

HDFC Bank’s era of premium valuations is over

Rare things do command a premium. So did HDFC Bank. In an era when Indian lenders were funding projects worth thousands of crores to secure quick growth, Aditya Puri’s HDFC Bank was chasing thousands of individual salaried men to fund their car and mobile phone purchases. His belief was that someone with a regular income … Read more