(Reuters) -Shares in Hindustan Unilever fell 7% on Thursday, tracking their worst day in nine months, after reporting quarterly earnings below estimates due to an urban slowdown, with analysts expecting the pain to continue in the near term.

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(Reuters) -Indian shares were off to a muted start on Thursday, as dull earnings and persistent foreign selling weighed, while consumer major Hindustan Unilever fell on smaller-than-expected September quarter profit.

As a result of the volume growth miss, JPMorgan has lowered its financial year 2025 and 2026 Earnings Per Share (EPS) estimates by 3% each, on the back of marginal moderation in revenue forecasts.

The domestic shares were off to a muted start on Thursday, as dull earnings and persistent foreign selling weighed, while consumer major Hindustan Unilever fell on smaller-than-expected September quarter profit.

Shares in Hindustan Unilever , the Indian unit of UK's Unilever , fell 5% on Thursday, a day after the consumer goods maker reported quarterly earnings below market expectations due to a slowdown in urban sales growth.