SingTel half-year profit rises 83%

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications reported an 83% rise in half-year profit on Thursday, helped by a gain related to regional associate Telkomsel's integration of IndiHome.

SingTel said its net profit for the six months ended Sept. 30 was S$2.14 billion ($1.58 billion), compared with S$1.17 billion a year earlier. ($1 = 1.3561 Singapore dollars) (Reporting by Archishma Iyer and John Biju in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar and Shounak Dasgupta)