Mahindra & Mahindra third-quarter profit up over 12 percent, beats estimate

(Reuters) - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Friday reported a more than 12 percent rise in its third-quarter profit, beating Street estimates.

Net profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 stood at 12.16 billion rupees ($188.79 million), up from 10.81 billion rupees in the year-ago quarter. http://bit.ly/2EaPFy6

Analysts on average had estimated a profit of 9.89 billion rupees, Thomson Reuters data showed.

Revenue from operations fell 2 percent to 115.78 billion rupees.

($1 = 64.4100 Indian rupees)

(Reporting By Arnab Paul in Bengaluru; Editing by Vyas Mohan)