Yes Bank Ltd on Wednesday posted a higher-than-expected quarterly net profit, helped by higher interest and other income.
Yes Bank, India's fifth-biggest private sector lender by assets, reported a 30 percent rise in profit to 9.14 billion rupees ($141.56 million) in the March quarter. (http://bit.ly/2orLGR0)
Interest earned in the quarter rose more than 23 percent to 43.49 billion rupees while 'other income' rose to 12.57 billion rupees compared with 8.03 billion rupees a year earlier.
Analysts on average had expected Yes Bank to post a profit of 8.77 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data.
The bank's Q4 net interest margin stood at 3.6 percent versus 3.4 percent year ago.