ComfortDelGro's Q2 net profit down 6.8% at S$79.4m
Slide attributed largely to taxi, automotive engineering businesses; revenue drops 3.4%
Singapore
COMFORTDELGRO'S net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 fell 6.8 per cent to S$79.4 million due mainly to the taxi and automotive engineering businesses, as revenue slipped 3.4 per cent to S$987.2 million from the same period last year.
Of the land transport giant's S$35.1 million decrease in revenue, more than half or S$18.2 million was from an unfavourable foreign currency translation and S$16.9 million from the underlying business.
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