By Kosaku Narioka

Housing Development Finance Corp. said its second-quarter net profit fell 56% from a year earlier due to weaker earnings from its loans business.

The Indian mortgage lender said Monday that net profit for the quarter ended Sept. 30 fell to 46.00 billion Indian rupees ($617.1 million) from INR103.89 billion a year earlier.

Profit from its loans business fell 68% from a year earlier to INR35.81 billion.

The company said it booked INR12.00 billion of Covid-19-related provisions.

Revenue increased 3.8% from a year earlier to INR340.83 billion.

Write to Kosaku Narioka at kosaku.narioka@wsj.com

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