(Reuters) – Chemicals and seeds company DuPont (DD.N), which is merging with Dow Chemical (DOW.N), reported a 15.5 percent fall in quarterly profit on higher costs.
Net income attributable to DuPont fell to $862 million, or 99 cents per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from $1.02 billion or $1.16 per share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose to $7.42 billion from $7.06 billion.
Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur