Citic telecom (01883.HK) announced at noon today (16th) that it earned nearly 37% less in the first half of the year, with no change in interim dividends. In the afternoon, the stock price rose to 2.19 yuan, up 3.79%, with a turnover of 5.633 million shares, involving 12.1464 million yuan.

Citic telecom's first-half revenue was CNY 4.889 billion, down 8.2% year-on-year, with a net profit of CNY 0.455 billion, down 36.9% year-on-year; earnings per share were 12.3 cents. The interim dividend was 6 cents, unchanged year-on-year.