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ICICI Bank may continue undeterred on its loan growth, especially retail, and both slippages and provisions should moderate further resulting in better earnings, analysts said.

Hindustan Unilever on Thursday reported a 18.7% increase in consolidated net profit to ₹2,300 crore for the December quarter. The company had posted a net profit of ₹1,938 crore in the same period of the previous financial year.

Netflix Inc plunged 22.7 per cent after the streaming giant fell short of market forecast for new subscribers at the end of last year and offered a downbeat outlook for early 2022.

Premium income net of reinsurance increased 28 per cent to Rs 12,124 crore from Rs 9487 crore a year ago, led by a 21 per cent growth in renewal premium to Rs 5543 crore in December 2021 from Rs 4577 crore a year ago.

Along with global disturbances, the uncertainties regarding the upcoming budget will likely keep the domestic market highly volatile in the coming days

Total income during the quarter under review increased by 7.7 per cent to Rs 2,837 crore from Rs 2,625 crore in the same period of 2020-21, Bandhan Bank said in a regulatory filing.

Bitcoin has breached the $39,000 level, dropping more than 11 per cent from its peak. Its counterpart Ethereum tanked 14 per cent to test $2,800 levels. The pain in altcoins has been more severe as BNB, Cardano, Polkadot have tanked up to 18 per cent in the last 24 hours, the data from Coinmarketcap shows.

Supriya Lifescience plunged over 17 per cent after the company said its profits declined 32 per cent sequential

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 74.50 a dollar and during the day, it witnessed an intra-day high of 74.40 and a low of 74.55 against the American currency.

"Nifty50 found some cushion around the 17,500 level. If the index fails to hold above the 17,500 level support zone, an extension of time and price correction is likely. Traders for now should maintain a cautious-to-mildly bullish outlook. The resistance for Nifty is placed at 18,300 level," said Yesha Shah, Head of Equity Research, Samco Securities.