Drug firm Abbott India today posted a 41 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 63.74 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2014-15.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 45.19 crore for the same period of the previous fiscal.

Its Q2 sales rose to Rs 577.42 crore, as against Rs 444.73 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal, Abbott India Ltd said in a filing to the BSE.

For the six months ended September 30, the company posted a net profit of Rs 114.67 crore, as compared to Rs 74.90 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.

Abbott India shares were trading at Rs 3,402 apiece, down 0.20 per cent, on the BSE.

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