East Asia
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp net profit down 32%, misses estimates
TOKYO : Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp reported net profit for the fiscal year ended in March fell 31.7 per cent from a year earlier to 386.4 billion yen ($2.5 billion), missing estimates.
A LSEG poll of analysts had forecast Sumitomo’s net profit for the fiscal year at 504.9 billion yen. Sumitomo said its net profit for the year ending in March 2025 is forecast at 530 billion yen.
($1 = 155.8700 yen)