India's Zomato posts first-ever profit earlier than expected

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[1/2]A delivery worker of Zomato, an Indian food-delivery startup, rides her bicycle along a road in Kolkata, India, July 13, 2021..

BENGALURU, Aug 3 (Reuters) - India's Zomato (ZOMT.NS) posted its first-ever profit on Thursday, one quarter earlier than expected, helped by a tax gain and strong orders in its food and grocery delivery businesses...

Shares of Zomato went up as much as 3.9% after the results...

Zomato expects its business to remain profitable going forward while delivering a 40% year-on-year topline growth for at least the next couple of years, he said.. Gross order value (GOV) -- the total value of all orders, a percentage of which Zomato gets as revenue -- rose 13.9% in its food delivery business...