Suditi Industries posted mixed numbers on Q3FY18 as the company showed growth over the previous year corresponding quarter and declined over previous quarter.

The company's standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs 163.23 crore, registering a decline of 21.4 per cent YoY. This was primarily due to the decline in sales of the sugar segment by 24.2 per cent YoY.

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The company's standalone revenue for the quarter came in at Rs. 304.74 crore, registering 10.2 per cent yoy increase. This was on account of jump in sales from domestic formulations by 13.75 per cent, contrast media by 11.23 per cent, rest of the world exports by 7.16 per cent and Russia exports by 5.22 per cent.

Salzer Electronics reported standalone revenue for the quarter at Rs. 110.69 crore, registering 10.5 per cent yoy increase.

Indian sugar stocks were buzzing from the start of the week after the Union Government doubled import tax on sugar. The import duty on sugar was hiked to 100 per centon February 6. The stocks have duly broken their 5-10 days consolidation.

The PAT for the quarter came in at Rs. 27.8 crore, yoy increase of 11.2 per cent. This was due to lower depreciation and finance cost.

Standalone revenue for the quarter at Rs. 521.32 crore, registering 18.3 per cent yoy increase. Also, revenues of Westside format for the nine months ended 31st December 2017 was higher by 22 per cent (like to like 10 per cent) as compared to the corresponding previous period.