01-01-1970 12:00 AM | Source: Reuters
Hindustan Unilever`s India arm posts higher profit on home care demand
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India's Hindustan Unilever reported a near-10% increase in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, led by higher demand for its home, beauty and personal care products.

The Dove soapmaker's profit rose to 25.52 billion rupees ($313 million) in the quarter ended March 31, from 23.27 billion rupees a year earlier, HUL, the Indian arm of UK-based Unilever, said in an exchange filing. ($1 = 81.6500 Indian rupees)

 

(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Chennai; Editing by Savio D'Souza)