However, its asset quality worsened leading to an over 50% spike in provisions
The public sector bank's gross non-performing assets rose to 11.70% in the December quarter
Union Bank aims to recover Rs 1,200 cr of small-size loans and bring down its total of gross NPAs to 8.75-9% by next March
The stock was down 5% lower at Rs 130 after the bank's gross NPAs increased to 10.16% in Q1 from 5.53% in the year-ago period.
Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans rose to 10.16 per cent as of end-June from 8.7 per cent at end-March
Bank had reported a profit after tax of Rs 519 crore in the same period last year
The bank said that a cyber security forensic audit has been initiated to identify, plug any gaps & strengthen the system