IDBI Bank posts fourth straight quarterly loss

IDBI Bank posts fourth straight quarterly loss

IDBI Bank Ltd reported its fourth straight quarterly loss on Tuesday as the state-run lender continued to struggle with bad loans.Net loss came in at 1.98 billion rupees ($30.59 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with a profit of 555.2 million rupees a year earlier, the Mumbai-based bank said. Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans was 24.98 percent at end-September, compared with 24.11 percent a quarter earlier, and 13.05 percent a year earlier.IDBI shares were trading 4.3 percent lower in the Mumbai market that was down 0.29 percent.
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