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BENGALURU -Indian shares opened lower on Friday, dragged by top private lender HDFC Bank, which reported a sequential decline in loans in the June quarter.

The NSE Nifty 50 was down 0.45% at 24,193.05 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex shed 0.58% to 79,591.47 points as of 9:23 a.m. IST.

HDFC Bank lost 3%, pulling financials, private bank and bank indexes down 0.7%-1%.

The bank said after market close on Thursday that its gross advances declined 0.8% sequentially in June quarter. Deposits were flat from a quarter ago.

“The update is negative from a stock price point of view,” said Piran Engineer, senior research analyst at CLSA.

“Since HDFC Bank is focused on repaying HDFC’s liabilities, loan growth took a back seat, and was down 1% quarter-on-quarter.”

Eight of the 13 major sectors logged losses.

The broader small- and mid-caps were trading little changed.

($1 = 83.4940 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Mrigank Dhaniwala)

  • Published On Jul 5, 2024 at 11:26 AM IST

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