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4 min read | Updated on October 28, 2024, 12:23 IST
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Shares of Bandhan Bank zoomed as much as 9.5% to ₹184.40 apiece on the BSE after its September quarter results. The lender on Friday reported a 30% increase in net profit at ₹937 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
SENSEX and NIFTY50 near day’s high, Nifty IT records sharpest gain in over two months
In the late morning deals, the benchmark indices were trading over 1% higher.
At 11:51 AM, the S&P BSE SENSEX was trading at 80,335.30 points, up 933 points, or 1.18%, while the NSE's NIFTY50 index was trading at 24,427.55, up 246.75 points, or 1.02%.
The company suffered losses due to the grounding of planes and higher fuel costs.
The carrier had a profit of ₹188.9 crore in the year-ago period, according to a release.
The company’s total quarterly income was up 14.6% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹17,759 crore.
It reported an interest income of ₹40,537 crore during the quarter compared to ₹34,920 crore in the year-ago period.
The net interest income (NII) improved by 9.5% to ₹20,048 crore from ₹18,308 crore in the second quarter of the previous year.
Its EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation, came in at ₹149 crore, up 81.7% against ₹82 crore logged in the September 2023 quarter.
It had posted a net profit of ₹18.45 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago.
Its revenue from operations increased 16.44% to ₹660.15 crore during the period under review. It was ₹566.9 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal.
The lender on Friday reported a 30% increase in net profit at ₹937 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
It reported a consolidated net profit of ₹2.82 crore in the second quarter of this fiscal year on higher income.
The company had posted a net loss of ₹32.87 crore in the year-ago period.
Total income rose to ₹1,138.08 crore during the July-September period of the 2024-25 fiscal from ₹873.70 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing.
The sentence under the above order carries fines of ₹20,000 each to be paid individually and ₹9.06 crores to be paid jointly and severally with a maximum imprisonment of up to 7 years.
The core net interest income increased 14.3% to ₹2,200 crore for the reporting quarter on the back of 12.4% growth in overall advances and the net interest margin inching up to 2.4%.
Provisions for Q2 FY25 stood at ₹1,732 crore, primarily on account of a prudent provisioning buffer of ₹568 crore, the bank said in a statement.
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