Suzuki Motor Corp on Monday saw its operating profit nearly wiped out during the first quarter because of plunging car demand in India, its biggest market which has one of the world's highest novel coronavirus infection rates. Japan's No. 4 automaker posted an operating profit of 1.3 billion yen ($12.29 million), its worst quarterly performance on record. Still, it was higher than a consensus forecast for a loss of 38 billion yen drawn from six analysts polled by Refinitiv. Suzuki said it booked an extraordinary loss of 15.4 billion yen during the quarter from virus-related factory shutdowns. It had secured 400 billion yen in financing from its lenders to help it get through the pandemic, the company said. The company declined to offer forecasts for full-year profit and dividends, citing uncertainties about the impact of the coronavirus in coming months.