Axis Bank gains after announcing reduction in MCLRs

Axis Bank rose 1.17% to Rs 478.50 at 11:31 IST on BSE after the bank reduced its lending rates based on marginal cost of funds based lending rate by 65 to 70 basis points across various tenors with effect from 18 January 2017.

The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 13 January 2017.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 33.75 points, or 0.12%, to 27,271.81

On BSE, so far 1.61 lakh shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volume of 5.67 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 478.60 and a low of Rs 468.40 so far during the day.

The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 638 on 7 September 2016. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 366.65 on 18 January 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past 30 days till 13 January 2017, falling 0.87% compared with the 2.71% rise in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, sliding 9.16% as against Sensex's 1.57% decline.

The large-cap private sector bank has equity capital of Rs 478.30 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Axis Bank announced that it has reduced its marginal cost of funds based lending rates (MCLR) by 65 to 70 basis points (bps) across various tenors with effect from 18 January 2017. The bank's MCLR for overnight loans will be 7.9%, for one month will be 7.9% and for three months will be 8.05%. The MCLR on 6-month loans will be 8.15% and for one-year loans the rate would be 8.25%, the bank said. MCLR for two-year loans would be at 8.3% and loans with three-year maturity would carry an MCLR of 8.35%, the bank said.

Axis Bank's net profit declined 83.34% to Rs 319.08 crore on 14.15% growth in total income to Rs 13698.77 crore in Q2 September 2016 over Q2 September 2015.

Axis Bank is one of the biggest private sector banks in India.

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