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Kotak Mahindra Bank reported movement of 29% and 16%. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.

Against that, the stock is +0.6% on the day at ₹461.60, and has returned +18.5% over three months. It is trading close to its 52-week high, so expectations were already elevated going in. The banks sector has moved -6.0% over the same period, so Kotak Mahindra Bank is running 24.5 points ahead of its peers.

For Kotak Mahindra Bank, the question is how much of this is already reflected in the price and how much re-rates the banks peer set alongside it.