GSK Consumer Healthcare Q2 Net up 9 pc at Rs 160.29 crore

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd has reported 9.09 per cent increase in standalone net profit at Rs 160.29 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2014.
The company had reported net profit of Rs 146.93 crore in the same quarter a year ago.
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare's net sales went up by 10.56 per cent to Rs 1,074.66 crore in the quarter under review as against Rs 971.94 crore in the corresponding period last year, the company said in a BSE filing.
Overall expenses of the company in the quarter were at Rs 930.02 crore, a rise of 11.56 per cent. Expenses stood at Rs 833.63 crore in the corresponding period last year.

Shares of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare were trading at Rs 5,429.95 apiece in afternoon trade, down 1.99 per cent from their previous close on BSE.