{"id":803,"date":"2021-07-29T01:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T01:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandcityinvestment.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2024-10-01T04:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T04:52:40","slug":"hutchison-telecom-profit-drops-nearly-80-to-31m-in-h1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandcityinvestment.com\/se_SP\/hutchison-telecom-profit-drops-nearly-80-to-31m-in-h1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutchison Telecom profit drops nearly 80% to $31m in H1"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is much lower than the $146m recorded in the same period in 2020.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited recorded a profit drop of 79% to $31m in the first half (H1) of the year, linked to the \u201csluggish\u201d economic recovery and continued travel restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n This declined from $146m reported in the same period last year. In particular, the decrease was driven by a $58m reduction in net interest income as bank deposit rates dropped significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n The company also registered a $310m decrease in the net cash balance from the start of 2020, following the settlement of 5G investment and spectrum spending in H1 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n