Petron Engineering Construction Limited announced unaudited earnings results for first quarter ended June 30, 2017. For the quarter, the company reported total income from operations were INR 875.1 million against INR 824.2 million a year ago. Loss before exceptional items and tax was INR 52.0 million against profit of INR 2.4 million a year ago. Loss before tax was INR 52.0 million against profit before tax of INR 2.4 million a year ago. Net loss was INR 38.2 million against net profit of INR 1.7 million a year ago. Basic and diluted loss per share (not annualised) was INR 5.07 against basic and diluted per share of INR 0.23 a year ago. Net sales/income from operations (net of service tax & sales tax) was INR 874 million against INR 822.5 million a year ago.