BENGALURU, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Engine oil maker Castrol India (CAST.NS) posted an almost 4% rise in third-quarter revenue on Monday on regular demand, whereas decrease uncooked and packaging materials prices helped.
The Mumbai-based agency’s revenue after tax rose to 1.94 billion rupees ($23.31 million) within the three months ended Sept. 30 from 1.87 billion rupees, a yr earlier.
Crude oil costs declined, ranging between $75.4 and $97.69 a barrel within the quarter in comparison with the vary of $83.65 and $114.75 a barrel within the year-ago quarter, serving to Castrol India put up a 1.3% fall in uncooked and packaging materials prices.
Nonetheless, the corporate’s whole bills rose 6% to 9.4 billion rupees on different prices. Castrol India didn’t specify what these prices entailed.
The corporate additionally flagged hardening oil costs on the finish of the quarter resulting from international uncertainties and inflationary pressures. “The latest battle within the Center East has introduced extra challenges to crude value volatility,” Managing Director Sandeep Sangwan stated.
The corporate’s income rose 5.5% to 11.83 billion rupees, in step with its optimism about demand within the second half of the yr – expressed in a post-earnings name in August – on easing uncooked materials inflation.
Rainfall in September made up for a deficit within the first half of the quarter, in accordance with analysts, resulting in a restoration in rural demand, significantly in sectors akin to two-wheelers.
“We proceed to construct our attain into rural India to faucet into demand,” Sangwan stated in an announcement.
Castrol India’s shares closed 1.42% increased forward of its outcomes. They’ve risen 13% to this point this yr.
($1 = 83.2180 Indian rupees)
Reporting by Varun Vyas and Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Modifying by Janane Venkatraman
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