TCS falls more than 5 percent on other income-driven profit

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd shares dropped as much as 5.6 percent after the company's December quarter profit when adjusted for other income, as well as operating margin, were seen lagging expectations.

TCS said late on Thursday quarterly consolidated net profit surged 49.6 percent to 53.14 billion rupees. Shares in India's top software services firm were trading down 5.3 percent at 12.09 p.m.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)