HK-listed snack maker Want Want hits 3-month high on solid H1 earnings

Want Want China Holdings

19/11/2020 05:44

** Shares of Hong Kong-listed Want Want China Holdings Ltd
 0151.HK  rise as much as 6.8% to HK$5.79, their highest since
Aug 14
    ** Stock of the Chinese rice cracker and beverage producer
on track for a third straight session of gains
    ** Shares last up 5.4%, set for the best day since June 16
    ** Shanghai-based Want Want says its H1 profit rose 20.9%
on-year to 1.95 bln yuan ($296.9 mln) with revenue rising 10.7%
for six months ended September at 10.3 bln yuan  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2I40U2
    ** The Hang Seng China enterprises index  .HSCE  eases 0.9%,
and the benchmark index  .HSI  slides 0.7%
    ** Stock down 24.4% this year, by last close 

    ($1 = 6.5681 Chinese yuan)

 (Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)