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Dow profit rises 45 percent as margins expand


    (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit jumped 45 percent, helped by higher margins in five of its six units.

    Net income available to shareholders rose to $1.39 billion, or $1.18 per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from $964 million, or 79 cents per share, a year earlier.

    Sales fell nearly 15 percent to $12.37 billion.

    (Reporting by Kanika Sikka in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)