Shares in India’s Idea Cellular Ltd rose 5.6 percent in pre-open trade after Jan-March earnings beat estimates on Thursday, riding on strong customer additions and a court decision that removed some smaller competitors from the market. Idea, part of the Aditya Birla conglomerate, said consolidated net profit rose to 3.1 billion rupees ($57 million)in its fourth quarter through March from 2.4 billion a year ago.Analysts had on average expected a net profit of 2.8 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters data. Source

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