India's Asian Paints meets first-quarter profit view
Consolidated net profit came in at 11 billion rupees ($126.7 million) in the reported quarter. Analysts, on an average, were expecting a profit of 11.08 billion rupees, per data compiled by LSEG.
Shares of the company turned positive after results and were last trading 2% higher.
($1 = 86.8310 Indian rupees)
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