Hindustan Unilever`s India arm posts higher profit on home care demand
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)