AXIS Bank gains on fund raising plan

AXIS Bank rose 0.86% to Rs 469.85 at 9:24 IST on BSE after the bank said it proposes to raise upto Rs 1800 crore through unsecured redeemable non-convertible subordinated debentures.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 21 November 2016.

Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 232.51 points, or 0.90%, to 25,997.65.

On BSE, so far 25,000 shares were traded in the counter, compared with average daily volume of 7.01 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock hit a high of Rs 471 and a low of Rs 467.90 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 21 November 2016, falling 11.54% compared with the 8.23% decline in the Sensex. The scrip had also underperformed the market in past one quarter, falling 20% as against Sensex's 7.95% decline.

The large-cap private sector bank has equity capital of Rs 478.17 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

AXIS Bank said it proposes to raise funds by issuing unsecured redeemable non-convertible subordinated debentures (Basel- III compliant Tier II debentures) (Series - 25) of the face value of Rs 10 lakh each for cash at par aggregating to Rs 1800 crore. The board of directors of the bank will consider the proposal to issue and allot the above securities through circular resolution.

Axis Bank's net profit declined 83.3% to Rs 319.08 crore on 14.1% growth in operating 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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