ICICI Bank rose 1.61% to Rs 1597.65 at 12:52 IST on BSE on reports that a foreign brokerage maintained buy on the stock citing sharp surge in the bank's profitability over past 5 years.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 57.54 points or 0.22% at 26,810.44.
On BSE, so far 75,000 shares were traded in the counter as against average daily volume of 1.56 lakh shares in the past one quarter.
The stock hit a high of Rs 1,602.95 and a low of Rs 1,576.55 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 1,617.85 on 2 September 2014. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 944.25 on 4 February 2014.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 27 October 2014, surging 6.38% as compared with Sensex's 0.48% rise. The stock had also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, jumping 6.54% as compared to the Sensex's 2.4% rise.
The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 1157.39 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
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The foreign brokerage reportedly said that profitability of ICICI Bank has improved sharply over past 5 years and under a best case scenario it can double in three to four years. ICICI Bank's return on equity is expected to rise from 14% to 18% by FY 2018, the brokerage added.
ICICI Bank's net profit rose 16.8% to Rs 2655.30 crore on 13.3% growth in total income to Rs 14616.71 crore in Q1 June 2014 over Q1 June 2013. The bank unveils Q2 September 2014 results on Thursday, 30 October 2014.
ICICI Bank is a leading private sector bank in India.
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