India's Asian Paints jumps on higher quarterly profit
** Asian Paints ASPN.NS, India's largest paint-maker by market share, climbs 5.3% to 2,798.3 rupees ** Consolidated net profit rose 43% Y/Y to 9.94 billion rupees ($113.1 million) on strong domestic volume growth for decorative paints and a low base after earnings slumped a year earlier ** Shares were trading marginally higher ahead of the results ** Session's rise boosts YTD gains to ~22% ($1 = 87.8950 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Manvi Pant) ((Manvi.Pant@thomsonreuters.com; +918447554364;))
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