astra international said its firstquarter net profit rose sharply supported by the recovery of the indonesias economy and higher commodity prices the indonesian conglomerates net profit rose 84 from a year earlier to 6859 trillion indonesian rupiah 475 million in the januarymarch quarter the company said wednesday revenue rose to idr71871 trillion in the first quarter compared to idr51700 trillion a year earlier strong car sales and rising prices of coal and palm oil helped to boost earnings astra international said the top contributor to earnings was its heavy equipment mining construction and energy business net profit from that business more than doubled to idr2585 trillion in the first quarter driven by higher sales of heavy equipment and high coal prices