SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence · Estd 2006 Banking & Market Strategy Banks Are Firing on All Cylinders. A ₹1.25 Lakh Crore IPO Storm Is Coming for Everyone Else. SBI's Q1FY27 scorecard confirms what credit data has been signalling for months — PSU banks are genuinely healthier. But a record ₹68,000 crore of IPO issuance, with another ₹1.25 lakh crore waiting in the wings, is pulling liquidity away from the very stocks delivering the strongest earnings in years. India's equity market is currently telling two stories at once. The banking sector's underlying fundamentals have rarely looked better — credit growth is broad-based, balance sheets are clean, and provisioning buffers are the strongest in decades. At the same time, the primary market is absorbing capital at a pace few anticipated even six months ago, and that is beginning to show up in how secondary-market stocks trade. Neither story cancels ...