HDFC Bank mops up Rs 1,405 cr from bonds

The bank has allotted lower Tier II bonds for an amount aggregating Rs 1,405 crore, HDFC Bank said in a filing on the BSE.

The bonds in the nature of debentures where issued on a private placement basis, it said.

Tier II bonds generally have a fixed tenure and fixed coupon rate.

Shares of the bank closed at Rs 832.55 per unit, up 0.6 per cent on the BSE.

HDFC Bank had raised Rs 565 crore from Lower Tier – II bonds in October.

The bank posted a rise of 30.07 per cent in its net profit at Rs 1,559.98 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 as compared to Rs 1,199.35 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.