Today's uptick came after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed repo (lending) rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.5 per cent.
Unlisted shares of HDB Financial Services, the non-banking arm of HDFC Bank, has seen a sudden spurt lately as the company received SEBI's nod to launch its primary offering.
MFs together held 1,60,02,67,745 shares in HDFC Bank, which were worth Rs 3,08,022 crore at the end of April. This was 20.91 per cent of HDFC Bank's total share capital and 6.99 per cent of mutual funds' total AUM.
Reliance Industries, India's most-valued company, rose 3.14 per cent to Rs 1,421. This stock added Rs 58,527.94 crore to its m-cap. HDFC Bank, the second-most valued stock, added Rs 42,986.15 crore to its m-cap.
YES Bank share price: YES Bank shares are down 26 per cent in the past one year and 34 per cent in the past five years. SBI, which owned a 24 per cent stake in the bank, could be among the sellers, the report said.
SBI share price: The SBI board has passed an enabling resolution to raise Rs 25,000 crore in FY26, which HDFC Institutional Equities said is a positive, given the need for growth capital.
The BSE Sensex stood at 79,859.57, up 647.04 points or 0.82 per cent. The RIL stock alone contributed 223.83 points positively to the index gains. The NSE Nifty was up 147.80 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 24,187.15.
HDFC Bank share price: The stock eventually settled 1.98 per cent lower at Rs 1,923.10. At this closing price, it has climbed 10.80 per cent in the last six months.
Lifted by a slew of strong performance from the domestic banking sector, Nifty Bank index, the gauge of banking stocks in India, hit its 52-week high on Monday, rising nearly 2 per cent for the day.
YES Bank shares jumped 6.3 per cent to Rs 19.23 apiece. Arihant Capital Markets noted that YES Bank clocked a healthy improvement in net profit, primarily supported by lower operating expenses and reduced credit costs.
HDFC Bank share price: HDFC Bank shares are up 7 per cent in 2025. Nirmal Bang is positive on the stock from a long term basis due to its best-in-class asset quality, growth potential, and merger synergies in the long term.