Fag-end selling drags markets down

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty pared early gains to close lower for the seventh straight day on Thursday, dragged by fag-end selling in select IT and banking shares and foreign fund outflows. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped

Private sector banks’ credit costs up in Q3FY25 on higher provisions

Private sector banks that announced their earnings for the October-December quarter (Q3) of 2024-25 (FY25) reported a rise in credit costs due to higher provisions, mainly for unsecured retail loans. Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and RBL Bank, which announced