GAIL India fourth-quarter profit surges nearly four-fold, misses estimates

Reuters 

(Reuters) - State-owned (India) Ltd's fourth-quarter profit surged nearly four-fold, but missed analysts' expectations.

Profit rose to 10.21 billion rupees ($149.41 million) in the three months ended March 31, from 2.60 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said on Thursday. https://reut.rs/2IGYH8f

That compared with an average estimate of 13.55 billion rupees in profit drawn from 18 analysts, data showed.

Revenue from operations rose 12.8 percent to 154.31 billion rupees.

($1 = 68.3350 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Jessica Kuruthukulangara in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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First Published: Thu, May 24 2018. 15:12 IST