The bank had recorded a net profit of Rs 115 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year
The stock tanked 18% to Rs 18.45, also its 52-week low on the BSE, after the private sector lender reported a sharp 77% year on year decline in its net profit at Rs 230 million in June quarter.
Kerala-based South Indian Bank has declared a net profit of Rs 23.04 crores for the first quarter of the financial year 2018-19 as against Rs 101.47 crores during the corresponding period last year. In a press release here, the bank said the reason for the decline in profit was the reduction in the Treasury trading profit by Rs 73 crores and incremental MTM (mark to market) provision in the Treasury Book by Rs 41 crore owing to adverse market conditions, besides incremental one-time employee cost of Rs 33 crore because of increase in gratuity ceiling and wage revision. "But for these, the net profit would have been Rs 119 crores for the first quarter," the release said. Low-cost deposit grew by 4 per cent, it said. The non-resident CASA (the ratio of deposits in current and saving accounts to total deposits) saw a growth of 5 per cent on a quarter-to-quarter basis, it said. The bank was continuing its focus on retail and MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) ...
The bank's board will meet on July 11 and take up its fund raising agenda for the meeting
Kerala-based South Indian Bank (SIB) is planning to raise around Rs 7 billion through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) to support it's 20 per cent growth target.Bank's Managing Director & CEO V G Mathew told Business Standard that the Bank may look at diluting around 10-12 per cent to raise around Rs 6-7 billion through the QIP route. "We will be looking at raising capital this year itself to support our growth," said Mathew.The Bank, whose base is currently at around Rs 550 billion is confident on growing at around 20 per cent, while its desire is to grow at around 25 per cent.The Bank plans to raise the money through equity placement (200 million shares) to Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB). It may be noted, currently around 40 per cent of the capital base is held by various investors and of this around 30 per cent are held by foreign investors including Lavender Investments, First Carlyle Venture, IVA International Fund, Acacia PartnersAs part of its growth plan, the .
The bank's scrip closed 0.71% up at Rs 21.25 on BSE
NPA rises compared to same quarter of previous year
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