India’s JK Cement has reported a 16.5 per cent fall in standalone net profit to INR609.1m (US$8.49m) in the third quarter of FY18-19, compared with INR729.3m of the year-ago period. However, net sales were up 13.1 per cent to INR12.73bn from INR11.26bn.

EBITDA also increased 13.9 per cent to INR2.22bn in the 3QFY18-19, compared to INR1.95bn of the previous year.