Cape Town - Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest internet
company by revenue, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose by its fastest
pace in a year, in line with analysts’ estimates as sales got a boost from its
online games segment.
Tencent posted a 32% rise in second-quarter net profit to
3.1 billion yuan ($492m), roughly in line with the average estimate of 3
billion yuan in a Reuters poll of eight analysts. Revenue rose 56% to 10.53
billion yuan, above the average forecast from nine analysts for 10.1 billion
yuan.
Shares of Tencent, which is more than 30% owned by Naspers
[JSE:NPN], South Africa’s biggest media group, ended 0.17% lower on Wednesday
before the results were announced, versus a 1.18% fall in the Hang Seng Index.
Tencent shares are up 47% this year.
Naspers shares rose nearly 1.7% to at R471.94 following the results on Wednesday.
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