Building materials firm China Lesso climbs to month high on H1 profit

China Lesso group

29/08/2018 08:50

** Shares in China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd  2128.HK , a
building materials and interior decoration firm, climb 6.33 pct
to HK$4.87, highest since Aug. 1, after it reports solid
first-half earnings and announces an interim dividend 
    ** Stock set for best day since July 12
    ** Co says its first-half profit attributable to owners
increases by 7.2 pct to 1.04 billion yuan ($151.29 million), and
revenue rises 16.4 pct to 10.45 billion yuan  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1VJ0TB
    ** The firm also declares 10 Hong Kong cents per share as
interim dividend 
    ** As of 0724 GMT, about 8.59 million shares of the
Guangdong-based company have been traded, about 186.1 percent of
their 30-day moving average of 4.64 million shares a day
    ** Hang Seng sub-properties and construction index  .HSCIPC 
is up 0.53 pct 
    
    ($1 = 6.8740 Chinese yuan renminbi)

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