Colgate Palmolive posted a 17% improvement in net profit at Rs 117.4 crore for the quarter ended June 2012. In the year-ago period, Colgate's net was Rs 100.4 crore.
The total income for the quarter was up 19.6% at Rs 767.3 crore as against Rs 641.4 crore in June 2011.
Colgate's stocks were trading marginally higher at Rs 1,168 apiece on BSE at 1440 hours.