IOC Q3 net profit nearly doubles to Rs 78.83 billion, beats estimates

IOC Q3 net profit nearly doubles to Rs 78.83 billion, beats estimates

Indian Oil Corp Ltd said its third-quarter profit nearly doubled, handily beating estimates.

Net profit surged 97 percent to Rs 78.83 billion ($1.24 billion) in the quarter ended December 31, from Rs 39.95 billion a year earlier.

Analysts on average expected a profit of Rs 51.49 billion, Thomson Reuters Eikon data showed.

Average gross refining margin improved to $8.28 per barrel in the April-December period from $7.36 per barrel in the year-ago period, the country's top refiner said on Tuesday.

Shares of the company rose 3.8 percent to Rs 414.85 in a broader Mumbai market that was trading down 0.69 percent.