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SKS Microfinance surges on turnaround Q1 results

The company has posted net profit Rs 5 crore in June 2013 quarter against the loss of Rs 39 crore in year ago quarter.

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SI Reporter Mumbai
SKS Microfinance has surged 7% to Rs 107 after reporting a net profit of Rs 5 crore for the quarter ended June 2013 (Q1-FY14) against the loss Rs 39 crore in the corresponding quarter the previous year helped by increase in loan disbursements.

“The company has registered a four-fold increase in operating profit to Rs 16 crore in Q1-FY14 from Rs 4 crore in March quarter” SKS Microfinance, India’s only listed micro-lender said in a press release.

In June quarter last year, the company had incurred a loss of Rs 39 crore.

The company’s net interest income increased by 26% year-on-year to Rs 63 crore in Q1-FY14 as loan disbursements registered a 51% increase to Rs 830 crore over the previous year quarter.

The stock opened at Rs 105 and hit a high of Rs 108 on NSE. A combined around 698,230 shares already changed hands on the counter in early morning deals against an average sub one million shares that were traded daily in past two weeks.
 
 

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First Published: Jul 26 2013 | 9:43 AM IST

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