Axis Bank rises after raising funds

Axis Bank rose 1.61% to Rs 495.05 at 9:35 IST on BSE after the bank said that it has raised senior notes in the international market.

The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 27 March 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 135.83 points or 0.46% at 29,372.98.

On the BSE, 79,468 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 6.32 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 497.75 and a low of Rs 490.15 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 638 on 7 September 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 417.55 on 11 April 2016. The stock had underperformed the market over the past one month till 27 March 2017, sliding 4.25% compared with the Sensex's 1.47% rise. The scrip had also underperformed the market over the past one quarter, gaining 11.37% as against the Sensex's 11.53% rise.

The large-cap bank has equity capital of Rs 478.84 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Axis Bank said that its board of directors passed a resolution approving the allotment of 3 year senior floating rate notes aggregating to $10 million under the medium term note (MTN) programme through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch.

Axis Bank's net profit dropped 73.4% to Rs 579.57 crore on 15.7% growth in total income to Rs 14501.21 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

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

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