Shares of biotechnology major Biocon today zoomed 10 per cent after the company reported a 47 per cent rise in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 2018.
Cheering the numbers, the stock made a positive opening on the BSE and later jumped 9.81 per cent to Rs 614.
On NSE, shares of the company rose sharply by 10 per cent to Rs 614.45.
Biocon yesterday reported a 47 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 120 crore for the quarter ended June 2018 on account of robust performance across segments.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 81 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, Biocon said in a filing to BSE.
Consolidated total revenue of the company stood at Rs 1,193 crore for the quarter under consideration. It was Rs 988 crore for the same period a year ago.
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