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India’s Paytm posts first-ever quarterly profit on gain from ticketing business sale

By Thomson Reuters Oct 22, 2024 | 12:23 AM

(Reuters) – India’s Paytm reported its first-ever quarterly profit since listing, helped by a one-time gain from the sale of its entertainment ticketing business to Zomato.

The company posted a consolidated net profit of 9.28 billion rupees ($110.38 million) in the latest quarter, compared with the record 8.39-billion-rupee loss in the previous quarter.

Paytm recorded a one-time gain of 13.45 billion rupees related to the ticketing business sale.

($1 = 84.0720 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Dimpal Gulwani in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)