By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Lender, Fidelity Bank Plc said on Thursday its profit after tax (PAT) for the period ended September 30, 3015 inched up 1.76 percent to N11.445 billion from N11.247 billion recorded a year earlier.

Also, pretax profit grew 2.98 percent to N13.789 billion from N13.389 billion posted the same period of 2014.

Gross earnings of Fidelity Bank grew from N96.023 billion to N106.570 billion, in the review period showing a growth of 10.98 percent, the lender said in a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

Share price of Fidelity Bank at the close of Thursday’s trading on the Nigerian bourse dropped by 1.43 percent to N1.38 from N1.40 recorded the previous session; losing 0.02 kobo per share.