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Canara Bank profit before tax rises 40% to Rs 531.42 crore in Dec quarter

Advances grow at tepid pace in Q3, indicating slowing loan demand

Canara Bank
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Debasis Mohapatra Bengaluru
Public sector lender Canara Bank on Thursday reported a marginal rise in net profit as asset quality improved for the bank with lesser outgo towards provisioning during the third quarter of current financial year.

The Bengaluru-headquartered firm posted profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 531.42 crore in Q3, a rise of around 40 per cent as against Rs 379.90 crore reported a year ago. 

Net profit of the firm rose 3.77 per cent at Rs 330 crore, as against Rs 317.52 crore reported a year ago. Sequentially, profit declined 9.67 per cent. Rise in profit was mostly attributed to lesser outgo towards
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