Japan's Marubeni lifts full-year profit forecast by 5.9% to $3.5 billion
04/02/2026 02:16
TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Marubeni 8002.T on Wednesday raised its net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 30 to 540 billion yen ($3.46 billion) from 510 billion yen. The guidance represents a 7.4% increase from the 503 billion yen earned a year earlier. Profit for the nine months through December 2025 was up 1.7% at 432.3 billion yen versus the same period a year prior. ($1 = 156.1200 yen) (Reporting by Katya Golubkova; Editing by Christopher Cushing) ((jekaterina.golubkova@thomsonreuters.com;))