New Delhi: The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India today posted a 35.87 percent increase in net profit to Rs 681.15 crore for the third quarter ended December 31.
The company had posted a profit of Rs 501.29 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year.
Net sales declined 3.07 percent to Rs 10,619.68 crore from Rs 10,956.95 crore a year earlier, Maruti Suzuki said in a statement.
Reuters
"Higher localisation, favourable foreign exchange and cost reduction initiatives by the company contributed significantly to net profit," it said.
The volume of sales dropped 4.41 percent to 2,88,151 vehicles during the third quarter from 3,01,453 units.
The company's board today decided that the investment in the Gujarat facility will be made by a 100 percent Suzuki subsidiary and not Maruti Suzuki.
"The company will be named Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd with a starting capital of Rs 100 crore," Suzuki Motor Corporation Chairman Osamu Suzuki said. The company will not be listed and will be set up by April.
Maruti Suzuki shares were down 5 percent at Rs 1,619 on BSE.
PTI
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