Banks: Lost the 'Midas' touch!

As the indices continued to defy the laws of gravity until a couple of days back, certain select sectors made hay. Banking stocks were amongst those that stole significant limelight, as they remained the least affected by rising crude prices. Benign inflation, surplus liquidity and relatively softer interest rates also kept sentiments buoyant towards the sector. Not to mention, the government and the RBI's renewed focus on reforms for the financial (read banking) sector, also aided the momentum. Resultantly, the sector that was under performing the Sensex over the past few quarters, caught up to the investor fancy.

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