Maruti Suzuki [ Images ] India [ Images ] on Thursday reported a 25.26 per cent jump in its net profit for the quarter ended June 30 at Rs 583.54 crore (Rs 5.83 billion).

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 465.85 crore (Rs 4.65 billion) in the April-June period in 2008, Maruti Suzuki India said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange [ Images ].

Net sales during the first quarter also soared by 34.01 per cent to Rs 6,340.26 crore (Rs 63.4 billion) from Rs 4,731.03 crore (Rs 47.31 billion) in the year-ago period, it added.

MSI had sold 2,26,729 vehicles in the first quarter compared with 1,92,584 in the same period last fiscal, up 17.73 per cent.

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