MUSCAT: Bank Muscat, the flagship financial institution in the Sultanate of Oman, has announced its preliminary unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Bank posted a net profit of RO 51.30 million for the period compared to RO 48.26 million reported during the same period in 2022, an increase of 6.3 per cent.
The key highlights of the results for the period are as follows:
1) Net interest income from conventional Bbanking and net income from Islamic financing stood at RO 91.71 million for the three months period ended March 31, 2023 compared to RO 82.08 million for the same period in 2022, an increase of 11.7 per cent.
2) Non-interest income was RO 31.50 million for the three months period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to RO 31.83 million for the same period in 2022.
3) Operating expenses for the three months period ended March 31, 2023 was RO 48.70 million as compared to RO 45.76 million for the same period in 2022, an increase of 6.4 per cent.
4) Net impairment for credit and other losses for the three months period ended March 31, 2023 was RO 13.69 million as against RO 12.0 million for the same period in 2022.
5) Net loans and advances including Islamic financing receivables increased by 8.4 per cent to RO 9,765 million as against RO 9,009 million as at March 31, 2022.
6) Customer deposits including Islamic customer deposits increased by 1.6 per cent to RO 8,992 million as against RO 8,853 million as at March 31, 2022.
The full results for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 along with the complete set of unaudited financial statements will be released following the approval of the Board of Directors of the Bank at its meeting scheduled later during April 2023.
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