By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s mid-tier lender, Fidelity Bank Plc said on Friday its first-half (H1) pretax profit for the period ended June 30, 2015 inched up 2.5 percent to N9.664 billion from N9.432 billion reported a year ago.

Similarly, profit after tax (PAT) for the period remained at 2.5 percent to N8.214 billion from N8.017 billion recorded the same period last year.

Gross earnings of the lender also increased to N71.890 billion N63.258 billion posted the corresponding period of last year, the bank said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

However, shares at Fidelity Bank on Friday dipped 2.53 percent from N1.58 to N1.54; gaining 0.04 kobo per share.