Vedanta Ltd first-quarter consolidated profit more than doubles
Vedanta Ltd first-quarter consolidated profit more than doubles
Vedanta Ltd , the Indian unit of diversified energy group Vedanta Resources PLC , reported a 102 percent jump in quarterly consolidated profit, driven by better margins across most of the metals the company mines.
Consolidated profit stood at 15.25 billion rupees ($236.76 million) in the quarter ended June 30, compared with 7.54 billion rupees a year earlier, the metals and mining group said on Tuesday. http://bit.ly/2uwvYsK
Analysts on average expected Vedanta to post a consolidated profit of 16.31 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Shares of the company were up 4 percent as of 0952 GMT.($1 = 64.4100 Indian rupees)
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