By Giulia Petroni

Reliance Industries Ltd. said Friday that net profit rose in the third quarter, but operations and revenue were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Indian energy and retail conglomerate said that net profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose to 131.01 billion Indian rupees ($1.79 billion) from INR116.40 billion a year earlier. That beat the estimate of INR118.68 billion from a poll of analysts by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Third-quarter revenue decreased to INR1.239 trillion from INR1.571 trillion a year earlier.

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