As the earnings season for the second quarter of the current financial year is set to begin, banks are expected to report another soft performance, according to a report by Axis Securities.
The brokerage firm highlighted that Q2 is likely to remain weak for the banking sector due to a combination of factors including tepid growth, net interest margin (NIM) pressures, weaker treasury performance on a sequential basis, and higher credit costs.
It stated "For banks, Q2 is expected to be another soft quarter, with tepid growth, NIM pressures".
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The report noted that banks are yet to see a meaningful recovery in credit growth, which is now expected to materialize in the second half (H2) of the financial year. It stated that Q2 is likely to mark the bott