HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFC Bank is currently trading at Rs. 733.70, up by 22.35 points or 3.14% from its previous closing of Rs. 711.35 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 705.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 735.00 and Rs. 703.00 respectively. So far 407477 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 735.00 on 10-Mar-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 528.00 on 28-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 714.85 and Rs. 661.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 175724.10 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 22.69% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 44.20% and 16.12% respectively.

HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest private sector bank has reportedly launched its rural Financial Literacy programme in the village of Mardanpur near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to take formal banking services to the remote corners of India. The bank has launched its literacy programme under the aegis of the Reserve Bank of India.  The main purpose of this programme is to create financial awareness and educate the common man on money management and advantages of savings with banks.

The bank will conduct financial literacy camps in 44 rural branches across Uttar Pradesh. These branches will serve just over 100 villages in Uttar Pradesh. The camps will enable both adults and school children to attain a conceptual understanding of financial products and services.

HDFC Bank is one of India's premier banks providing a wide range of financial products and services to its 28.5 million customers across hundreds of Indian cities using multiple distribution channels including a pan-India network of branches, ATMs, phone banking, net banking and mobile banking.