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FMCG major Dabur India today reported 11.90 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 172.82 crore for the quarter ended December 31,2011.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 154.44 crore in the same period last year,Dabur India said in a filing to the BSE.
The total income during the third quarter also soared by 34.61 per cent to Rs 1,463.08 crore from Rs 1,086.88 crore in the year-ago period,it added.
During the quarter,the company had paid an interim dividend of Re 0.55 per equity share against a face value of Re 1 a share. This resulted in a total outgo of Rs 111.35 crore,the filing said.
Reacting to the results,shares of the company were trading 1.62 per cent up at Rs 94.35 a piece on the BSE in afternoon trade.
