Auto components maker Bosch today posted 15.48 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 234.25 crore for the third quarter ended September 30.

The company had posted net profit of Rs 202.84 crore during the same period last year.

Net sales of the company rose to Rs 2,104.16 crore during the third quarter, as against Rs 2,030.30 crore a year ago, Bosch Ltd said in a filing to the BSE.

Bosch scrip closed at Rs 8,765.70 on the BSE, up 0.81 per cent.