Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday reported a 96 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 326 crore in the June quarter, aided by decline in bad loans. The Srinagar-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 166 crore in the year-ago period. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir holds 63.41 per cent stake in the bank. Total income in the first quarter of the current fiscal rose to Rs 2,885 crore from Rs 2,306 crore in the same period a year ago, J&K Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank improved to Rs 2,657 crore as against Rs 2,103 crore in June 2022. The bank's asset quality showed an improvement as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 5.77 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter, from 9.09 per cent a year ago. Similarly, net NPAs, or bad loans, declined to 1.39 per cent, as against 3.02 per cent in the year-ago period. As a result, provision for bad loans came down to Rs 56 crore, as against Rs 135 crore allocated in the same ...
The overall two-wheeler and three-wheeler sales including exports grew by 5% registering sales of 953,000 units in the quarter ended June 2023
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Gross non-performing assets have also decreased by 1.42%, showing a YoY decline of 126 basis points
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The US Fed interest rate decision and ongoing quarterly earnings from corporates are the major factors to drive the equity markets this week, where the benchmark indices may face volatile trends amid the scheduled monthly derivatives expiry, according to analysts. Besides, trends in global markets and the trading activity of foreign investors would also influence domestic equities. "On July 26, the US Federal Reserve will announce its policy decision, and there is an expectation of a 25 basis point rate hike. Market participants will closely analyse the comments made during the announcement. Additionally, on July 28, the Bank of Japan will also reveal its policy decision," Santosh Meena, Head of Research at Swastika Investmart Ltd, said. Companies like Tata Steel, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance, BPCL and Tech Mahindra will release their earnings throughout the week, Meena added. Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valuable company, will be in focus on Monday aft
On a standalone basis, the private sector lender reported a net profit of Rs 3,452 crore in Q1FY24, up 67 per cent year-on-year
Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd on Saturday reported a net profit of Rs 61.77 crore for the April-June quarter of 2023-24 driven by higher income. The company posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 6.46 lakh in the first quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said in a filing to BSE. The consolidated total income in the April-June period more than doubled to Rs 914.64 crore, over Rs 440.78 crore in the year-ago period, it said. Headquartered in Kolkata, the Titagarh group is a leading manufacturer of freight and passenger rolling stock. In March, Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd in consortium with Ramkrishna Forgings emerged as the lowest bidder for the supply of 15.40 lakh forged wheels to Indian Railways. The JV namely Ramkrishna Titagarh Wheels Ltd (RTWL) will be engaged in manufacturing and supply of forged wheels under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiative, the filing said.
Private sector lender RBL Bank on Saturday reported a 43 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit at Rs 288 crore, helped by core income growth. The city-based lender reported a 21 per cent jump in the core net interest income at Rs 1,246 crore on the back of a 21 per cent growth in advances and a 0.48 per cent expansion in net interest margin (NIM) to 4.84 per cent. The other income grew 12 per cent to Rs 685 crore. The bank is aiming to expand the NIMs further to 5 per cent going forward on the back of a better product mix, its managing director and chief executive R Subramaniakumar said. Its retail loans grew by 34 per cent, with newer products like mortgages experiencing the maximum growth. Subramaniakumar said the share of unsecured assets presently stands at 43 per cent, and the bank is targeting to decrease this by 2 percentage points by the end of the fiscal, as the share of secured retail finances, including home loans, two-wheeler loans and auto loans, grows. At the
The gross NPA ratio was 2.76 per cent at June 30, 2023, compared to 2.81per cent at March 31, 2023
AU Small Finance Bank on Saturday reported a 44 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 387 crore in the June quarter helped by growth in interest income. The Jaipur-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 268 crore in the year-ago period. Total income in the first quarter of the current fiscal rose to Rs 2,773 crore from Rs 1,979 crore in the same period a year ago, AU Small Finance Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest earned by the bank improved to Rs 2,458 crore over Rs 1,820 crore in June 2022. Net interest income (NII) increased by 28 per cent to Rs 1,246 crore from Rs 976 crore in the same quarter a year ago. However, the net interest margin declined to 5.7 per cent as compared to 5.9 per cent in the same period a year ago. Despite Q1 being a seasonally weak quarter for banking, the bank saw growth across its assets and deposits with profitability growing by 44 per cent on an annual basis supported by a strong NII growth of 28 per cent. The bank's asset quality showed .
Net interest income - the difference between interest earned and interest expended - grew by 8.1per cent to Rs 2,000 crore