Corporation Bank rises after raising funds through issue of bonds

Corporation Bank rose 1.35% to Rs 48.80 at 11:51 IST on BSE after the bank raised Rs 500 crore through issue of Basel III compliant Additional Tier-I Perpetual Bonds.

The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 24 March 2017.

Meanwhile, the S&P Sensex was down 152.73 points, or 0.52% at 29,268.67. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was down 16.70 points, or 0.12% at 13832.48.

On the BSE, 57,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 1.06 lakh shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 49.35 and a low of Rs 48.15 so far during the day.

The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 57 on 7 February 2017 and a 52-week low of Rs 34 on 3 June 2016. The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 24 March 2017, advancing 2.77% compared with the Sensex's 1.83% rise. The scrip had also outperformed the market over the past one quarter advancing 17.30% as against the Sensex's 12.98% rise.

The mid-cap bank has equity capital of Rs 229.41 crore. Face value per share is Rs 2.

Corporation Bank said that it has raised the full amount of Rs 500 crore of the Basel III Compliant Additional Tier-I Perpetual Bonds [Series II]. The Securities Allotment Committee of the board of the bank has allotted the bonds on 24 March 2017 to the respective Bond investors with a coupon rate of 10.28% per annum.

Corporation Bank reported net profit of Rs 159.02 crore in Q3 December 2016, as against net loss of Rs 388.38 crore in Q3 December 2015. Total income rose 13.2% to Rs 5839.56 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.

Government of India holds 70.77% stake in Corporation Bank (as on 31 December 2016).

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