The logo of Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) is pictured along a roadside in Ahmedabad. (REUTERS File Photo)
NEW DELHI, November 3 (Reuters): India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd posted a 61 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Saturday, with higher crude oil prices helping it to beat forecasts.
ONGC's net profit stood at 82.65 billion rupees ($1.14 billion) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with 51.3 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said in a stock exchange filing.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 68.61 billion rupees, according to Refinitiv data.
Income from operations rose by 47.5 percent to 279.89 billion rupees, ONGC said.
