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Engineering firm Honeywell Automation India reported a 20.6% jump in third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by a surge in government spending on infrastructure.
Profit at the Indian arm of U.S.conglomerate Honeywell International was Rs 128 crore ($15.4 million) for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with 1.06 billion rupees a year earlier.
The surge in infrastructure spending ahead of the Indian general elections due by May has buoyed the performance of engineering and construction firms.
Revenue from operations grew 5.3% to 10.71 billion rupees, while expenses rose at a slower pace of 2.6% to 9.25 billion rupees.
Growth in expenses had outpaced the rise in revenue in the last four quarters, weighing on profit.
Shares of the company closed 0.7% higher ahead of the results.
Rival KEC International said last week its consolidated third-quarter profit jumped over five times. Siemens is expected to report its quarterly results next week.
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