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Sinopec rides chemicals to best half-year profit since 2014
Published Mon, Aug 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
CHINA Petroleum & Chemical Corp, the world's biggest oil refiner, posted 40 per cent growth in first-half profit amid better earnings from its chemicals business as well as a narrower loss from producing oil and gas and lower financing costs.
Net income rose to 27.9 billion yuan (S$5.7 billion) in the six months ended June 30, the Beijing-based company known as Sinopec said in a statement to the Shanghai Sto…
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