Axis Bank profit jumps 131% to Rs 1,681 crore in Q3; beats estimates

Axis Bank Ltd, in its last quarter led by former Chief Executive Shikha Sharma, reported a better-than-expected 131.4 percent jump in profit on Tuesday, boosted by higher interest income backed by strong loan growth.

Net profit rose to 16.81 billion rupees ($236.42 million) for the three months to December 31 from 7.26 billion a year earlier, India's third-biggest private sector lender by assets said bit.ly/2SdfPqe .

That beat the 11.97 billion rupees forecast on average by 24 analysts, I/B/E/S data from Refinitiv showed.

Gross non-performing loans fell to 5.75 percent of total loans at the end of December from 5.96 percent in the previous quarter but were higher than the 5.28 percent a year earlier.

($1 = 71.1025 Indian rupees)