Revenue rose 7.2% from a year earlier, the slowest in five quarters, shows an analysis of the numbers from 175 companies that have reported results for the fiscal second quarter. Net profit growth at 2.5% was a six-quarter low, even as the operating margin of the sample group fell 1.5 percentage point to 20.9%.
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Headline inflation in India also remains fairly benign with persistent inflation pockets like vegetable prices unlikely to be materially influenced by monetary policy. All in