Mumbai, Jan. 23 -- Infrastructure and engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday reported a 16.48 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended December at Rs 2,751.66 crore.

It includes the profits from both continuing and discontinued operations. During the October-December period of financial year 2018-19, the company had reported a consolidated net profit from both continuing and discontinued operations of Rs 2,362.28 crore.

During the quarter ended December, the company recorded a total income of Rs 36,717.60 crore, higher by 5.4 per cent from Rs 34,823.08 crore earned during the correponding period of the last fiscal.

In a regulatory filing, the company said that for the nine months ended D...