Comments
Shares of Axis Bank today rose over 6 per cent after the company saw 15 per cent growth in its December quarter net profit.
The stock gained 6.11 per cent to Rs 412.40 on the BSE. On the NSE, the scrip surged 6.41 per cent to Rs 412.45.
The stock was the biggest gainer among the blue-chips on both Sensex and Nifty during the morning trade.
Private lender Axis Bank had yesterday reported a 15 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 2,175 crore for the December quarter.
Net profit for the same quarter last fiscal stood at Rs 1,900 crore.
Total income of the bank rose to Rs 12,531 crore, from Rs 10,929 crore in the year-ago period.
As on December 31 last year, Axis Bank’s portfolio quality deteriorated, with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rising to 1.68 per cent of gross advances against 1.34 per cent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
Its net non-performing assets also jumped to 0.75 per cent from the earlier 0.44 per cent.
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.