Wipro Q1 net profit down 6 percent, misses estimates

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Jul 19 2016 | 5:23 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's third-biggest software services exporter Wipro Ltd on Tuesday posted a 6 percent fall in its net profit for the fiscal first quarter, missing analyst estimates.

Net profit for the quarter to June 30 was 20.52 billion rupees ($305.66 million), compared with 21.92 billion rupees last year.

Analysts expected a profit of 21.71 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Total income rose 11 percent to 136.98 billion rupees.

($1 = 67.1000 Indian rupees)

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(Reporting by Aditi Shah; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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First Published: Jul 19 2016 | 5:08 PM IST

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