Date:01/02/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/02/01/stories/2005020101750600.htm

Back Oriental Bank net falls in Q3

Our Bureau

New Delhi , Jan. 31

ORIENTAL Bank of Commerce posted a net profit of Rs 128.15 crore for the quarter ended December 2004 compared with Rs 152.22 crore for the year-ago quarter.

Total income for the quarter was at Rs 1,062.68 crore as against Rs 988.45 crore previously.

For the nine months ended December 2004, the bank posted a net profit of Rs 532.56 crore (Rs 457.39 crore).

The bank's operating profit stood at Rs 890.55 crore, down from Rs 1,146.96 crore.