Union Bank of India advanced 4% to Rs 155.15 in afternoon trading after declaring a 35% increase in net profit in Q1 June 2007. The results were declared during trading hours today, 23 July 2007.

In BSE’s ‘A’ group shares, it was placed on the ninth position.

ICICI Bank registered 25% growth in net profit to Rs 7,750.80 million for the first quarter ended June 2007 as against Rs 6,200.1 million in the same quarter of the last year (2006).

The operating income of the India’s biggest private sector lender ascended 50.16% to Rs 75,661.30 million for the quarter from Rs 50,386.30 million in the corresponding quarter, last year.

In comparison, total income for the same period also climbed 46.94% to Rs 92,814.20 million from Rs 63,161.9 million. The earnings per share (EPS) for the same period arose 23.7% to Rs 8.61.

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After touching an intraday high of 15,683.03 and low of 15,524.68, the BSE Sensex finally settled at 15,565.55 after making a gain of 15.42 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty ended at 4,566.05, up 3.95 points.

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