Footwear retailer Bata India on Wednesday reported 3.61 per cent increase in net profit at ₹52.75 crore for the fourth quarter ended December 31.

The company, which follows a January-December fiscal, had reported net profit of ₹50.91 crore in the October-December quarter of last year, Bata India said in a BSE filing.

Bata India net sales increased to ₹554.06 crore for the quarter under review as against ₹508.58 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.

For the fiscal year ended in December 2013, the company’s net profit stood at ₹190.74 crore as against ₹171.60 crore in the previous fiscal.

Net sales during FY13 stood at ₹2,063.98 crore as against ₹1,841.24 crore in the previous fiscal, the company said.

Shares of Bata India today closed at ₹1,000.05 per scrip on the BSE, down 0.32 per cent from previous close.

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