Listed private non-financial companies reported a 10.1% year-on-year increase in sales in the third quarter of 2025-26

Listed private non-financial companies reported a 10.1% year-on-year increase in sales in the third quarter of 2025-26

¨     Listed private non-financial companies reported a 10.1% year-on-year increase in sales in the third quarter of 2025-26.

¨     This marked a return to double-digit growth. The sector had recorded single-digit growth in the previous eleven quarters.

¨     The Reserve Bank of India stated that this improvement was primarily due to strong manufacturing performance.

¨     These results are based on the abbreviated quarterly results of 3,188 listed non-government, non-financial firms.

¨     Sales of 1,794 listed manufacturing companies increased by 11.4% in this quarter.

¨     This was higher than the 8.5% growth recorded in the previous quarter.

¨     Automobile, electrical machinery, and non-ferrous metal industries led manufacturing growth.

¨     Sales growth of information technology companies improved to 8.8%.

¨     Non-IT service companies recorded stable sales growth of 10.6%.

¨     Manufacturing companies' operating profit increased by 11.8%. This growth was supported by a modest rise in other operating expenses.

¨     IT companies' operating profit growth increased to 11.1%.

¨     In contrast, non-IT service companies' operating profit growth slowed to 4.0% in the same quarter.