AstraZeneca Pharma India gains on quarterly profit

Astrazeneca Pharma India

14/08/2025 10:00

Corrects bullet 3 to say year-ago loss of 118 million rupees, not 188 million rupees; adds dropped word "rupees"

** Shares of AstraZeneca Pharma India ASTR.NS jump as much as 4.8% to 8,825 rupees

    ** Stock marks biggest intraday pct gain since June 2

** Biopharmaceutical co posts profit of 558.3 million rupees ($6.37 million) in June quarter, compared to a loss of about 118 million rupees a year ago

** More than 53,148 shares change hands, 2x of 30-day avg

** Stock up 20% YTD

($1 = 87.6230 Indian rupees)

 (Reporting by Rudra Pratap Singh in Bengaluru)

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