(Reuters) - Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India's largest infrastructure company by market capitalisation, reported a second-quarter profit rise on Wednesday, helped by faster execution of previously commissioned projects.

Consolidated profit after tax jumped 5% on-year to 33.95 billion rupees (about $404 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30.

($1 = 84.0640 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sumana Nandy and Mrigank Dhaniwala)