Bank of India Q4 net up 15 pc at Rs 493.6 cr; stock down over 6pc
BoI reported a 15.5 pc increase in net profit to Rs 493.6 cr for Q4 ended March 2011, compared to Rs 427.9 cr of the year-ago period.
Total income rose to Rs 7,130 crore during the January-March period of FY11 from Rs 5,248.2 crore of the corresponding period an year earlier, BoI said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The bank has recommended a dividend of 70 per cent or Rs 7 per share for the year 2010-11.
For the full financial year ended March 31, 2011, BoI posted a net profit of Rs 2,488.7 crore, down by 43 per cent as compared to Rs 1,741 crore in the last fiscal.
The bank's total income during 2010-11 rose to Rs 24,393.5 crore from Rs 20,494.6 crore in 2009-10.
Shares of BoI were trading at Rs 427.05, down 6.54 per cent in the afternoon trade on the BSE.
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