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Indian jeweler and watchmaker Titan reported fourth-quarter profit below estimates on Friday, as higher gold prices ate into strong demand for the precious metal during the country's wedding season.

The company's reported a profit of 7.86 billion rupees ($94.2 million) in the quarter ended March 31, up 7.1% from last year, but missing analysts' expectation of 7.99 billion rupees as per LSEG data.

Titan's jewelery segment, which houses brands including Tanishq and CaratLane, rose 19%, boosted by healthy inflow of buyers and double-digit percentage growth in its same-store sales, it said in its quarterly update last month.

Overall revenue grew 17%, it had said.

Still, the segment fell short of the 23% growth it reported in the same period last year.

Higher gold prices weighed heavily on Titan's expenses, which jumped 18% to 10.43 billion rupees. Global gold prices rose 8.2% in the reporting quarter.

Titan's earnings before interest and tax margin contracted to 11.1% from 12% during the quarter.

($1 = 83.4030 Indian rupees)