Ashok Leyland's Q2 profit soars, posts 71% increase

Ashok Leyland's Q2 profit soars, posts 71% increase

Ashok Leyland Limited has reported a 71 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 294.41 crore during the September quarter in the current financial year as against Rs 172.20 crore in the corresponding period last year.

The company, which had reported an impairment loss of Rs 157 crore in the second quarter of 2015 owing to its investments in joint ventures and subsidiaries, did not report any such loss during in the same period this year.

Total income of the company dropped by almost 7 per cent to Rs 4911.62 crore from Rs 5274.37 crore in the same quarter in the previous financial year.