NEW DELHI (Reuters) - DLF Ltd , India's top real estate developer, reported quarterly net profit almost halved, hurt by a one-off loss, although the profit was slightly ahead of analysts' estimates.
Consolidated net profit fell 49 percent to 1.45 billion rupees from 2.85 billion rupees a year earlier, New Delhi-based DLF, founded by billionaire K.P. Singh, said in a statement on Friday.
The latest quarter results included an exceptional charge of 4.11 billion rupees over a "foreseeable loss" as it settled a dispute with a government agency over a project.
Five analysts on average had expected DLF to report a net profit of 1.2 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Income from operations rose to 20.58 billion rupees for the three months to December, from 13.10 billion rupees a year earlier.
(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)
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