HNB Group reported earnings results for the year ended December 31, 2015. The company recorded a pretax profit of LKR 16.2 billion and a post-tax profit of LKR 11 billion for the year ended December 31, 2015, while the Bank posted a profit before tax of LKR 15 billion and a profit after tax of LKR 10.4 billion for the same period. These efforts resulted in net interest income for the bank growing by 5.8% to LKR 26.3 billion, despite the banking sector margins continuing to drop during 2015.