(Reuters) - Oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd reported a 45 percent jump in fourth-quarter net profit on Tuesday, easily beating analysts' estimates.
Profit came in at 26.74 billion rupees ($394.60 million) in the three months ended March 31, compared with 18.42 billion rupees a year earlier, the state-run company said.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a net profit of 20.86 billion rupees on average.
Average gross refining margin (GRM) was $6.51 per barrel in the fourth quarter, compared with $6.01 per barrel a year earlier, while revenue from operations rose 15 percent to 760.67 billion rupees.
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($1 = 67.7650 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Jessica Kuruthukulangara and Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru)
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