ICICI Bank Posts Rs 1,605 Crore Profit For December Quarter

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ICICI Bank's gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans fell to 7.75% at the end of DecemberICICI Bank on Wednesday reported a net
That marked a decline of 2.8 per cent from a net profit of Rs 1,650.24 crore reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, according to
a regulatory filing by the private sector bank
income stood at Rs 20,163.25 crore for the three-month period, up 19.8 per cent from Rs 16,832.22 crore for the corresponding period a year
ago.Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans, a measure of asset quality, fell to 7.75 per cent at the end of December 2018, from 8.54
per cent in the previous quarter, and 7.82 per cent in the quarter ended December 31, 2017.Provisions climbed nearly 19 per cent to Rs 4,244
crore
The bank also recognised a tax expense of Rs 297 crore in the quarter, versus a tax gain of Rs 162 crore in the same period the year