IOB tumbles 15.6 pc as Q2 net loss widens

Shares of Indian Overseas Bank today slumped 15.5 per cent to touch a one-year low after the company reported a net loss of Rs 550.83 crore for the second quarter ended September 30.
The stock plunged 15.57 per cent to Rs 29.55 -- its 52- week low -- on BSE.
On NSE, it fell 15.57 per cent to hit its one-year low of Rs 29.55.
The Chennai-based bank had logged a net loss of Rs 245.51 crore in the same period of the previous year, the lender said in a BSE filing.
For the half-year period ended September 30, net loss stood at Rs 536.07 crore as against a net profit of Rs 26.21 crore a year ago.

Total income for July-September increased to Rs 6,769.94 crore, from Rs 6,440.77 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.