Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank today posted a net profit of Rs 17.10 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014 despite a rise in bad loans.
The bank had a net loss of Rs 119.37 crore in the October-December quarter of the 2013-14 financial year.
Shares of the bank closed at Rs 36.05 per unit, up 8.26 per cent on the BSE.
As far as bank's asset quality is concerned, gross NPAs as a percentage to total advances rose to 7.37 per cent from 7.05 per cent in the same quarter an year ago.
However, the net NPAs came down marginally to 4.52 per cent from 4.64 per cent at the end of December 2013, Dhanlaxmi Bank said in a filing to the BSE.
Gross NPA in absolute terms, also rose to Rs 575.38 crore as compared to Rs 546.32 crore at the end of December 2013.
The total income rose to Rs 344.67 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2014-15 from Rs 327.52 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.
During the first three quarters of 2014-15, Dhanlaxmi Bank net profit rose at Rs 25.14 crore, compared to loss of Rs 117.64 crore in the year-ago period.
