The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lifted the curbs imposed on the gold loan business of IIFL Finance with immediate effect, the company told stock exchanges on Thursday. The RBI had prohibited the company from sanctioning, disbursing, or selling any of its gold loans in March this year citing certain supervisory concerns. The central … Read more
The commercial vehicles (CV) wholesale volume may witness year-on-year growth of up to 3 per cent in current fiscal year, rating agency Icra said in a report on Monday. Icra had earlier estimated 4-7 per cent decline in CV volume for FY25. The change in projection is due to better-than-expected volume growth in first four … Read more
The first quarter earnings season is in full swing and about 34 companies will announce their results on Tuesday. Among these, investors can watch out for the key results of HUL, Bajaj Finance, United Spirits, ICICI Sec and ICICI Pru Life. Apart from the above, companies like DCM Shriram, Gard Furnace, Icra, Infobeans Technologies, M&M … Read more
Srikumar Krishnamurthy, Vice President & Co-Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, says the recovery or the bounce back post-COVID was pretty significant in the PV segment in particular and even compared to the global markets, we were outgrowing. There is some amount of elevated base that has crept in. So, factors like the pent-up demand and … Read more
Domestic tyre sale volumes are expected to see a moderate growth of 4-6 per cent this fiscal after witnessing an estimated pace of 6-8 per cent in the previous financial year, ratings agency Icra said on Thursday. This growth in the last fiscal was driven by factors such as elevated base and subdued growth in … Read more
Household savings are estimated to have declined for the third year in a row in FY24 as liabilities on account of interest towards housing and vehicle loans have continued to rise, but the trend could reverse in 2024-25 on account of the impact of RBI’s curbs on personal loan. The net household savings declined sharply … Read more
The domestic passenger vehicle (PV) market is estimated to grow by six to nine per cent in the current financial year over the preceding fiscal, according to ratings firm ICRA. In absolute terms, the PV industry will clock a sales figure of 4.2 million units in the current fiscal. The report said that dealer inventories … Read more
Domestic Commercial Vehicle (CV) volumes are expected to dip 4-7 per cent year-on-year next fiscal with high base effect kicking in, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. The volumes are expected to remain muted through the January-March quarter on account of a perceived pause in the infrastructural activities as the model code of conduct kicks … Read more
Annual revenue growth of leading auto component manufacturing companies will come down to 5-7 per cent in the next fiscal due to moderation in domestic volumes and a drop in exports, rating firm Icra said on Tuesday. According to Icra estimates, its sample of 45 auto ancillaries, with aggregate annual revenues of Rs 2.7 lakh … Read more
Mumbai: Margin funding, where retail investors purchase stocks by paying 25% and brokers fund the rest for up to a year, hit an all-time high this week, when the broader market also climbed to a new peak. This increase in risk appetite reflects a prevailing sense of euphoria among retail investors, although market participants warn … Read more
