Shares of IDFC First Bank today surged as much as 7% today to ₹20.20 after the lender swung to profit in the March quarter.
IDFC First Bank on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹76.36 crore for January-March 2020. The private sector lender had posted a loss of ₹212 crore during the corresponding January-March quarter a year ago.
Sequentially, there was a net loss of ₹1,631.59 crore in the third quarter ended December 2019. The bank said that in view of accounting for IDFC - CFL (Capital First Ltd) merger from appointed date of October 1, 2018, the figures of the year ended March 31, 2020, are not comparable.