TABLE-Ambuja Cements Sept qtr net up 27 pct, beats f'cast

Oct 28 (Reuters) - Three months ended Sept 30.

(Versus the same period a year earlier, in billion rupees
unless stated)

Net profit 3.18 vs 2.50

Net sales 16.11 vs 13.87

NOTE: Ambuja Cements Ltd (ABUJ.BO), 46 percent owned by
Switzerland's Holcim (HOLN.VX), is India's third-largest cement
producer. The above numbers are on standalone basis.

A Reuters poll of 10 brokerages had estimated net profit at
2.97 billion rupees for the quarter on net sales of 16.44
billion.
(Reporting by Prashant Mehra in MUMBAI; Editing by John Mair)