
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Hindalco Industries HALC.NS, one of India's largest aluminium and copper producers, reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher aluminium prices.
The Aditya Birla Group-owned company's consolidated net profit surged 60.2% to 37.35 billion rupees ($429.5 million) in the quarter ended December 31.
Analysts, on average, had expected 35.73 billion rupees profit, per data compiled by LSEG.
($1 = 86.9580 Indian rupees)