By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s mid-tier lender, Skye Bank Plc said on Thursday its first-half (H1) 2015 period ended June 30, grew 52 percent to N8.797 billion from N5.786 billion recorded a year ago.

Also, profit before tax (PBT) climbed up 47.4 percent to N10.712 billion from N7.266 billion in the same period of 2014.

Gross Earnings of Skye Bank increased from N63.884 billion to N85.202 billion showing an increase of 33.4 percent, the lender said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

Share price of the bank grew 1.98 percent to N2.06 from N2.02; gaining 0.04 kobo per share at the end of today’s session.