The important announcements for Hong Kong stocks yesterday are as follows:
Financial data
$CHINAGOLDINTL (02099.HK)$: Earnings for the first quarter decreased 76% year over year to US$60.5 million; net loss was US$26 million, and net profit for the same period last year was US$78.7 million.
According to the announcement, the decline in production and profit in the first quarter was mainly due to the suspension of operation of the Jiama mine and lower production than expected due to the cold climate of the Changshan Trench Mine and the reduction in mining volume last year.
$ZTO EXPRESS-W (02057.HK)$: Revenue for the first quarter was 9.96 billion yuan, up 10.9% year on year; adjusted net profit was 2,224 billion yuan, up 15.8% year on year; package volume increased 13.9% year over year to 7.171 billion units.
Based on current market conditions and current operating conditions, the company reiterated that the volume of parcels is expected to be between 34.73 billion and 35.64 billion in 2024, an increase of 15% to 18% over the previous year.
$JX ENERGY (03395.HK)$: Total net revenue for the first quarter was $2.799 million, down 18.5% year on year; net loss was $3.4297 million, up 63.6% year over year.
Operational data
$CHINA SHENHUA (01088.HK)$: Commercial coal production in April was 27.5 million tons, up 5.4% year on year; coal sales volume was 37 million tons, up 1.1% year on year. In the first 4 months, the cumulative production of commercial coal was 108.8 million tons, up 2.4% year on year; cumulative coal sales volume was 154 million tons, up 6.9% year on year.
$CHINA COAL (01898.HK)$: Commercial coal production in April was 10.48 million tons, down 5.8% year on year; commercial coal sales were 22.4 million tons, down 11.9% year on year. In the first 4 months, the cumulative production of commercial coal was 43.21 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.7%; the cumulative sales volume of commercial coal was 86.27 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 13.9%.
$PING AN (02318.HK)$: The total premium income from the original insurance contracts of the four subsidiaries in the first 4 months was about 33.377 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year.
According to the announcement, from January to April 2024, the original insurance contract premium income of the company's subsidiaries Ping An Property Insurance Co., Ltd., Ping An Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Ping An Pension Insurance Co., Ltd., and Ping An Health Insurance Co., Ltd. was approximately RMB 103,529 billion, RMB 212.155 billion, RMB 8.145 billion, and RMB 6.549 billion respectively, totaling about RMB 33,377 billion, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year.
Company news
$HONGJIU FRUIT (06689.HK)$: Controlling shareholder Deng Hongjiu pledged 25.8 million domestic shares for a loan financing of a subsidiary company.
$SD GOLD (01787.HK)$: A final dividend of $1.4 per 10 shares will be paid on July 30.
$BOC AVIATION (02588.HK)$: Grant of restricted stock unit rewards relating to a total of 2.108 million shares.
$LIFETECH SCI (01302.HK)$: Announcing the one-year follow-up results of the IBS® absorbable drug-eluting coronary stent system phase II clinical study.
$CITIC (00267.HK)$: CITIC Metals plans to appoint Shinaga Zhonghe Certified Public Accountants.
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