Hindalco Industries Ltd, India's biggest producer of aluminium and copper, posted a 26 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit as revenue from operations increased on higher base metal prices.
Profit rose to Rs 503 crore in the quarter ended March 31, from Rs 400 crore a year earlier, Hindalco said on Tuesday.
Analysts on average had expected the company, majority owned by the Aditya Birla Group, to post a profit of Rs 449 crore, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Revenue from operations rose about 27 percent to Rs 11,747 crore.
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