Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd posted a 59% rise in profit in the March quarter, helped by a drop in bad loans and growth in income from lending. Net income stood at 70.2 billion rupees ($918 million) for the three months ended March, compared with 44 billion rupees a year ago, according to an exchange filing. That beat the average ...

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG said it expects to post a first-quarter loss due to a $210 million hit to revenues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and a previously-indicated increase in legal provisions. The Zurich-based lender said that its results, due next week, would be negatively affected by its exposure to the war both with respect to counterparty and ...

Bloomberg Fears about the economic toll of China’s strict Covid Zero policy intensified on Monday, as news that lockdowns were spreading to Beijing sent stocks, commodities and the yuan tumbling. The benchmark CSI 300 Index closed nearly 5% down to the lowest level since April 2020, wiping out gains from a sweeping March pledge by officials to support the economy. ...