New Delhi, April 4 -- Shares of HDFC Bank climbed over 1.5 percent in early trade on Friday, April 4, defying the broader market downtrend, after the private sector lender posted a strong business update for the quarter ended March 2025 (Q4FY25). The market welcomed the bank's steady progress on loan and deposit growth, along with its continued focus on recalibrating its post-merger balance sheet strategy.

HDFC Bank reported gross advances of Rs.26.43 lakh crore as of March 31, 2025, registering a 5.4 percent year-on-year growth compared to Rs.25.07 lakh crore a year earlier. On a sequential basis, gross advances rose 4 percent from Rs.25.42 lakh crore reported at the end of the December 2024 quarter (Q3FY25).

The bank's total deposits ...