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Kajaria Ceramics today reported a 55.18% jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 45.61 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014.
The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 29.39 crore for the October-December quarter of 2013-14.
Kajaria Ceramics' net sales in the quarter under review stood at Rs 553.83 crore, up 30.11%, from Rs 425.66 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a BSE filing.
Its overall expenses rose to Rs 483.11 crore in the October-December quarter, up 30.05% as compared with Rs 371.47 crore in the same period a year ago.
The company's scrips were trading at Rs 628 apiece, up 1.08% from its previous close on the BSE.
