April 20 (Reuters) - Three months ended March 31.
(versus the same period a year earlier, in million rupees unless stated)
Net profit 385.1 vs 258.9
Net sales 5,288.9 vs 3,877.0
NOTE: Analysts polled by Reuters expected Exide Industries Ltd. , which makes automotive and industrial batteries, to report a net profit of 410 million rupees on net sales of 5,079 million rupees. (Reporting by Narayanan Somasundaram in MUMBAI)