ICICI Bank shares climb nearly 5% after Q4 earnings; mcap soars by ₹36,555.4 crore

Shares of ICICI Bank on Monday climbed nearly 5% after the company's March quarter consolidated net profit grew 18.5% to Rs 11,672 crore, helped by lower provisions. The stock advanced 4.67% to settle at Rs 1,158.80 on the BSE. During the day, it jumped 5% the 52-week high of Rs 1,163.25.

On the NSE, it climbed 4.37% to Rs 1,156.40. During the day, the stock rallied 5% hitting the 52-week high of Rs 1,163.45.

The company's market capitalisation (mcap) soared Rs 36,555.4 crore to Rs 8,14,033.29 crore.

It emerged as the biggest gainer on both the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty.

In traded volume terms, 8.05 lakh shares of the company were traded at the BSE during the day and over 285.78 lakh shares at the NSE during the day.

In the equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 941.12 points or 1.28% to settle at 74,671.28 and the NSE Nifty went up 223.45 points or 1% to 22,643.40.

On a standalone basis, the second largest private sector lender showed a 17.4% growth in its profit after tax at Rs 10,708 crore for the reporting quarter against Rs 9,122 crore in the year-ago period.

For fiscal 2023-24, its standalone net profit grew to Rs 40,888 crore from Rs 31,896 crore a year ago.

The core net interest income increased 8.1% to Rs 19,093 crore in the reporting quarter on a 16.8% growth in loans. However, it was restricted by a compression in net interest margin to 4.40% from 4.90% in the year-ago period.

The provisions more than halved to Rs 718 crore for the reporting quarter, as per an exchange filing by the lender on Saturday.

The gross non-performing assets ratio improved to 2.16% from 2.30% in December 2023.

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