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On a consolidated basis, DLF's net profit fell 18.16% to Rs 293 crore on 7% decline in revenues to Rs 2329 crore in Q1 June 2012 over Q1 June 2011.

The company realised Rs 369 crore from divestment of non-core assets. DLF said it booked 1.34 million square feet (msf) sales in the quarter versus 2.3 msf in the corresponding quarter. Leasing volumes were reported at 0.29 msf during the quarter. The company had 48 msf of projects area under construction at the end of the quarter.

The company said it remains committed to its objective of consolidating its operations by focusing on the core and divesting the non-core. Through the outsourcing of construction, the company remains focused on faster execution of the projects and shall follow a product mix that envisages high visibility projects which would result in better value addition. DLF said it remains fully committed to achieve the divestment target of its non-core assets.

Financial Technologies (India) net profit rose 93.98% to Rs 76.06 crore on 2.28% rise in net sales to Rs 66.96 crore in Q1 June 2012 over Q1 June 2011. EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization) surged by 109% to Rs 102.64 crore in Q1 June 2012 over Q1 June 2011.

Commenting on results, company's whole-time director Dewang Neralla said: "During this quarter our international exchanges stepped up to next level; BFX which commenced trading in November 2011, recorded an average daily turnover of USD 89.70 million during the quarter while DGCX recorded an average daily turnover of USD 1.4 billion, an increase of 144% over same quarter last year."

MCX, a group company of Financial Technologies and world's third largest commodity derivatives exchange continues to lead the commodity markets in India with 87% of the market share. The average daily turnover grew 8% over same quarter last year, it said. IEX leads the electricity markets with dominant share of 95% in day ahead trading and 92% in renewable energy certificates trading in quarter ended June 2012.

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First Published: Aug 07 2012 | 8:50 AM IST

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