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AU Small Finance Bank Clocks Gains in Fiscal Q4 Net Profit

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-- AU Small Finance Bank (NSE:AUBANK, BOM:540611) posted an increase in its net profit to 8.32 billion Indian rupees in the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31 against 5.04 billion rupees a year ago.

Earnings per share climbed to 11.01 rupees compared with the year-ago figure of 6.75 rupees, according to a Monday filing to the Indian stock exchanges.

Interest earned by the lender in fiscal Q4 also jumped to 50.2 billion rupees from 42.7 billion rupees a year earlier.

The bank's board also declared a dividend of 1 rupee per share for the financial year ended March 31.

Shares of the company were down over 2% in after-market hours.

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