CRISIL Q3 profit up 8.1% to Rs 76.87 crore

Rating agency CRISIL's third quarter consolidated profit after tax increased 8.1 percent to Rs 76.87 crore as against Rs 71.11 crore for the corresponding period a year ago. "During the quarter ended September 30, 2015 Crisil's consolidated revenue from the operation increased from Rs 313.52 crore to Rs 359.37 crore, an increase of 14.6 percent over the corresponding quarter of the previous year," the company said in a BSE filing. The Board of Directors has declared payment of third interim dividend of Rs 5 per share having face value of Rs 1 each for financial year ending December 31,2015, it added. The company follows January-December as its financial year.