PNB rises on offering home, auto loan at attractive rates to government employees

18 Oct 2016 Evaluate

Punjab National Bank (PNB) is currently trading at Rs. 139.00, up by 2.35 points or 1.72% from its previous closing of Rs. 136.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 139.30 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 140.00 and Rs. 138.55 respectively. So far 1,49,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 150.40 on 29-Sep-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 69.40 on 17-Feb-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 143.90 and Rs. 135.55 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 29,568.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 65.01%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 29.32% and 5.67% respectively.

PNB is offering home loans and auto loans at attractive rates of 9.3-9.8 percent beginning this month to government employees in order to cash in on the 7th Pay Commission. Permanent employees of central and state governments, defence personnel and paramilitary forces will be able to avail of the benefits of lower rates under the PNB Pride scheme. Besides, the bank will offer loans to these segments without any processing or upfront fee and no documentation charges will be levied on them.

The bank has reported a fall of 57.49% in its net profit at Rs 306.36 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs 720.71 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income of the bank increased by 3.71% to Rs 13930.00 crore for the quarter under review, from Rs 13432.05 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

The bank’s gross NPA for the April-June quarter of the current fiscal increased to 13.75%, as compared to 6.47% in the same quarter of the previous year. Besides, bank’s Net NPA stood at 9.16% in Q1FY17.


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Company Name CMP
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