Business

The bank's provisions for bad loans rose sharply to account for impact of coronavirus.ICICI Bank shares weakened by more than 4 per cent on the BSE after the bank reported a 36.22 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 2,599.15 crore in the quarter ended June 30 compared to the corresponding period a year ago, but missed analysts' estimates.

The shares of ICICI Bank weakened by 4.5 per cent to touch an intra-day low of Rs 364.60, down 4.5 per cent, on the BSE in early traading.

At 9:58 am, the shares were trading at Rs 367.70, lower by 3.7 per cent, on the BSE.Moreover, provisions for bad loans by the country's third largest private bank by market capitalisation rose sharply to account for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The lender said it made additional provision to the tune of Rs 5,550 crore related to Covid-19, with the objective of completely cushioning the balance sheet from the impact of the pandemic.ICICI Bank said its total interest income stood at Rs 19,924.35 crore in the first quarter of current financial year, up 10.81 per cent on a year-on-year basis.The lender's net interest income - or interest earned minus interest expended - climbed up 19.93 per cent to Rs 9,279.75 crore.The bank shares had shed 2.6 per cent on Friday ahead of its results and with today's losses, the bank has given up around 7 per cent within a span of 2 days.The BSE Sensex is trading at 37,891.76, lower by 238.25 points or 0.6 per cent and the NSE Nifty is at 11,124.40, down 70 points or 0.6 per cent, at the time.





Unlimited Portal Access + Monthly Magazine - 12 issues-Publication from Jan 2021


Buy Our Merchandise (Peace Series)

 


Contribute US to Start Broadcasting



It's Voluntary! Take care of your Family, Friends and People around You First and later think about us. Its Fine if you dont wish to contribute and if you wish to contribute then think about the Homeless first and Feed them. We can survive with your wishes too :-). You can Buy our Merchandise too which are of the finest quality.

Debit/Credit/UPI

UPI/Debit/Credit

Paytm


STRIPE





20