Ventura Textiles Ltd said its normalized net income for the fiscal first quarter ended June 30 came to a loss of 10 Indian paise per share, compared with a loss of 9 paise per share in the prior-year period.

Normalized net income, which excludes unusual gains or losses on a pre- and after-tax basis, was a loss of 1.7 million rupees, compared with a loss of 1.5 million rupees in the year-earlier period.

Reported net income totaled 2.2 million rupees, or 13 paise per share, compared to a loss of 2.4 million rupees, or a loss of 15 paise per share, in the year-earlier period.

As of Aug. 14, US$1 was equivalent to 65.08 Indian rupees.