India's Avantel hits seven-month low after quarterly profit slump
** Shares of Avantel AVAN.NS fall as much as 5.6% to 139 rupees, lowest since January 2 ** Communications and networking services provider posts a 56.3% Y/Y decline in June-qtr consol net profit; total rev from ops rises 0.3% Y/Y ** More than 1.3 mln shares change hands, 0.8x of 30-day avg ** Stock down 4.4% YTD (Reporting by Rudra Pratap Singh in Bengaluru) ((rudrapratap.singh@thomsonreuters.com))