Bank of Maharashtra net profit jumps 2-fold in Q1

Bank of Maharashtra net profit jumps 2-fold in Q1
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Bank of Maharashtra net profit jumps 2-fold in Q1

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Shares of Bank of Maharashtra gained 1.50 per cent on Tuesday after the firm reported a more than two-fold jump in net profit in the June quarter.

New Delhi: Shares of Bank of Maharashtra gained 1.50 per cent on Tuesday after the firm reported a more than two-fold jump in net profit in the June quarter. The stock gained 1.50 per cent to settle at Rs 16.90 apiece on the BSE after a firm start in early trade.

During the day, it went higher by 2.10 per cent to Rs 17. On the NSE, it advanced 1.50 per cent to Rs 16.90. In volume terms, 9.05 lakh shares were traded on the BSE and 67.90 lakh shares on the NSE during the day.

On Monday, state-owned Bank of Maharashtra reported a more than two-fold jump in net profit to Rs 452 crore in the April-June quarter, helped by a healthy net interest income and improvement in asset quality. The lender had reported a net profit of Rs 208 crore on a standalone basis in the year-ago quarter of the fiscal 2022. Net Interest Income (NII) rose by 20 per cent to Rs 1,686 crore as compared to Rs 1,406 crore in the first quarter of FY22.

Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved to 3.28 per cent from 3.05 per cent. Asset quality of the bank saw improvement with Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPAs) easing to 3.74 per cent from 6.35 per cent. Net NPAs also fell to 0.88 per cent from 2.22 per cent.

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