The bank's standalone net profit, excluding its subsidiaries, was at 159.76 billion rupees in the July-September quarter.

This is HDFC Bank's second earnings report since its merger with parent Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) in July. The numbers are not comparable to a year ago when the lender and HDFC operated as separate firms.

($1 = 83.0650 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Siddhi Nayak; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)