India's Adani Power posted a smaller quarterly core profit on Wednesday due to a sharp drop in power demand and the thermal power producer also said it would raise 50 billion rupees ($578 million) by selling shares to institutional investors.

Profit also took a 3 billion rupees ($46.9 million) hit from its exit from joint venture with Singapore’s Wilmar. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Adani Power Ltd posted a 7.4% rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,940.07 crore for the December quarter, with revenue up 11% at Rs 14,833 crore. The company approved a Rs 5,000 crore fund raise via QIP and increased the NCD limit to Rs 11,