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Forex gains, better margins boost Golden Agri in Q1
Published Fri, May 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
INDONESIAN palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources reported a net profit of US$94 million for the first three months of 2016, or around S$0.01 a share, boosted by currency and tax gains and better downstream margins.
But an accounting change on the valuation of its biological assets wiped out some US$5 billion of its book value, causing net asset value to more than halve to US$0.30 at end-March.
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