May 15 (SeeNews) - Turkish lender Denizbank [BIST:DENIZ] said its consolidated net profit rose 74% on the year to 313 million Turkish lira ($172 million/134 million euro) in the first quarter of 2013.
Net operating income increased to 414 million lira through March from 243 million lira as net interest income rose to 812 million lira from 517 million lira, the bank's consolidated income statement published on Borsa Istanbul on Tuesday showed.
Denizbank's consolidated total assets rose 26% year-on-year to 59.8 billion lira at the end of March with customer deposits increasing 24% to 37.3 billion lira and loan portfolio up 30% to 42.2 billion.
Non-consolidated net profit decreased to 240 million lira through March from 423 million lira a year ago.
Denizbank is a subsidiary of Russia's Sberbank.
(1 euro = 2.344 Turkish lira)