Dr. Reddy's fourth-quarter profit falls about 19 percent, misses estimates

Reuters 

(Reuters) - Indian generic drugmaker Ltd posted an about 19 percent fall in quarterly net profit, missing estimates, hurt by headwinds in the U.S. market.

Profit for the quarter ended March 31 came in at 2.72 billion rupees ($39.98 million) versus 3.38 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said https://

Analysts on average estimated a profit of 3.59 billion rupees, according to data.

Net sales fell slightly to 34.46 billion rupees.

($1 = 68.0400 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Arnab Paul in Bengaluru; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)

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First Published: Tue, May 22 2018. 14:15 IST