State Bank of India is currently trading at Rs. 273.00, up by 2.10 points or 0.78% from its previous closing of Rs. 270.90 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 270.60 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 274.60 and Rs. 270.25 respectively. So far 373648 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 335.90 on 28-Jan-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 234.52 on 08-Oct-2014.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 274.60 and Rs. 261.90 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 206822.29 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 58.60% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.45% and 8.81% respectively.
State Bank of India (SBI) has increased its information technology (IT) budget by a third this financial year as part of its strategy to improve its digital offerings. The bank will spend nearly Rs.4,000 crore before March 2016 and significantly upgrade its IT back-end, while also investing in new equipment for the 250 InTouch Lite branches it plans to add during the year.
The InTouch Lite branches will have devices for customers to help themselves while opening a new account, getting a new debit card, transferring or depositing money, planning for savings and applying for new loans.
The bank has posted a rise of 65.52% in its net profit at Rs 134.42 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 as compared to Rs 81.21 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the bank has increased by 11.55% at Rs 1308.04 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 1172.58 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.