“The company has registered a four-fold increase in operating profit to Rs 16 crore in Q1-FY14 from Rs 4 crore in March quarter” SKS Microfinance, India’s only listed micro-lender said in a press release.
In June quarter last year, the company had incurred a loss of Rs 39 crore.
The company’s net interest income increased by 26% year-on-year to Rs 63 crore in Q1-FY14 as loan disbursements registered a 51% increase to Rs 830 crore over the previous year quarter.
The stock opened at Rs 105 and hit a high of Rs 108 on NSE. A combined around 698,230 shares already changed hands on the counter in early morning deals against an average sub one million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks.
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