Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Saturday reported a net profit of Rs 1,908.03 crore for the April-June quarter (Q1FY20), aided by good interest income and lower provisioning, against a loss of Rs 120 crore in the year-ago quarter. Analysts were expecting a profit of little more than Rs 2,000 crore for the first quarter.
The bank, however, showed improvement in asset quality, as its gross non-performing assets (NPA) ratio fell -- both year-on-year and sequentially -- and the gross additions to NPAs were lower than the year-ago quarter.
The gross NPA ratio was 6.49 per cent for the June quarter, compared