Financials and banks were little changed on Monday. Indian lenders are expected to remain resilient in the wake of the global turmoil, according to analysts. "Expect some stability in Indian markets after swift action by regulators on banking crisis so far in the West," said Anita Gandhi, director at Arihant Capital Markets. "The persistent selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) is a dampener on sentiment, though," she added. Since the failure of SVB on March 9, FPIs have offloaded Indian equities in ten out of the 11 sessions. Among individual stocks, Reliance Industries rose over 1.5% after Kotak Institutional Equities called the stock a "compelling" buy. Shares of Grasim gained nearly 2% after leasing 220 acres of land from Century Textiles for 2.55 billion rupees. The company plans to set up manufacturing facilities on the land. (Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; editing by Eileen Soreng and Varun H K)
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By Bharath Rajeswaran
BENGALURU, March 27 (Reuters) - Indian shares edged up
on Monday, snapping two days of losses, as global authorities
took steps to contain the banking turmoil, helping dispel some
of the contagion fears.
The Nifty 50 index closed 0.24% higher at 16,985.70,
and the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.22% to 57,653.86. The
broader Asian equity indexes were largely subdued. The benchmarks rose nearly 1% in intraday trade before
trimming gains in a volatile session. The volatility index rose to an intraday high of 16.09 before closing at
15.45, a one-week high.
Five of the 13 major sectoral indexes advanced, with
Nifty Pharma leading gains with a 1% increase.
Meanwhile, news of First Citizens BancShares agreeing to
buy the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, and the U.S. Federal
Reserve and the European Central Bank saying they are keeping a
close watch on the impact of banking stress lent an uneasy calm
to the markets.
Domestically, a media report said that India's state-run
lenders will submit a detailed scenario-mapped plan of various
risks to the government within two weeks.
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