Japan's Hisamitsu rises on profit forecast hike

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co

29/03/2018 03:19

** Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc  4530.T  rises as much as
3.6 pct to 8,270 yen, highest since March 16
    ** Co raises operating profit forecast to 26.5 bln yen 
($248.64 mln) from 24.1 bln yen for FY ended Feb 2018
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    ** As of previous close, stock up 16.84 pct so far this year
    ** Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc has outperformed the
Tokyo SE TOPIX Pharmaceutical Stock Price Index sector
 .IPHAM.T  by 4.2 percentage points in the past one month
    ** The main stock index NIKKEI 225 INDEX  .N225  down 4.7
pct in the past month 
    **  As of 0218 GMT, about 84,900 shares of the Tokyo-based
company change hands, about 57.7 pct of their 30-day moving
average of 147,090 shares a day

 (Reuters
Messaging:ayai.tomisawa.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)


($1 = 106.5800 yen)