Nov 3 (Reuters) - Indian jeweller and watchmaker Titan TITN.NS reported second-quarter profit above estimates on Monday, as a steep rise in gold prices lifted the firm's bottomline.
Titan, home to Tanishq and CaratLane jewellery brands, said profit rose 59% to 11.20 billion rupees ($127.4 million) in the quarter ended September 30.
On average, analysts had estimated a profit of 10.28 billion rupees, per data compiled by LSEG.
($1 = 87.8950 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal and Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
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