BENGALURU, April 24 (Reuters) - India's Shriram Finance SHMF.NS posted a bigger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Friday, bolstered by growth in lending for commercial and passenger vehicle purchases.
The non-bank lender's profit rose 41% to 30.14 billion rupees ($319.7 million) in the quarter ended March 31, compared with 21.39 billion rupees a year earlier, beating an average analyst estimate of 27.82 billion rupees, as per data compiled by LSEG.
(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
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