Shares of Axis Bank declined 5% to Rs 1,261 on the BSE on Monday even after the private lender reported a 22.5% year-on-year rise in standalone net profit to Rs 7,114 crore for the April-June quarter of FY27, with brokerages issuing mixed calls for the stock.
The private lender on Saturday released its Q1 FY27 results. Its net interest income (NII), meanwhile, rose more than 8% YoY to Rs 14,646 crore during the first quarter of the ongoing financial year 2027, from Rs 13,560 crore reported in the same period last year. Notably, this is higher than Nomura and Kotak Institutional’s estimates. Net interest margin during the quarter under review stood at 3.46%.