The company said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margins fell to 8.34% in the third quarter from 9.39% a year earlier.

It said the decline mainly reflected a change in product mix and weaker-than-expected discretionary non-FMCG sales.

Avenue Supermarts's shares fell as much as 5.13% to 3,665.50 rupees on Monday.

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)