shares in bank of georgia group plc rose 99 on thursday after the company said that pretax profit rose 59 for the fourth quarter of 2022 on higher net interest fee and commission income and net foreign currency gains at 0848 gmt shares were up 2700 pence at 29900 pence the georgiabased uklisted lender said pretax profit for the three months ended dec 31 was 3516 million georgian lari 1312 million compared with gel2208 million a year earlier operating income in the period rose to gel5849 million from gel3792 million the bank said it closed the quarter with a common equity tier 1 ratioa key measure of balancesheet strengthat 147 from 148 at sept 30 we remain wellpositioned to capture the benefits of increased economic activity in the country and to sustainably deliver strong growth and high profitability said chief executive archil gachechiladze