Big announcement
1. AIA: 2023 net profit of US$3.764 billion, up 13% year on year
$AIA (01299.HK)$Announcing the 2023 results, total weighted premium income increased 7% from 2022 to US$37.939 billion, insurance service performance was US$5.09 billion, down 6.86% year on year; net investment performance was US$1,547 billion, up 1.8 times year on year; net profit of US$3,764 billion, up 13% year on year; profit per share was 0.33 US dollars, and the final dividend was HK119.07 cents per share.
2. Samsonite: Net profit of USD 417 million in 2023, up 33.3% year on year
$SAMSONITE (01910.HK)$Announcing the results for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Group's net sales were US$3,682 million, up 27.9% year on year; net profit of US$417 million, up 33.3% year on year; and basic profit per share was $0.289.
3. China Metallurgical: The amount of new contracts signed in the first 2 months was 195.41 billion yuan, an increase of 0.4% over the previous year
$MCC (01618.HK)$According to the announcement, the company signed a new contract amount of RMB 195.41 billion from January to February 2024, an increase of 0.4% over the same period of the previous year, of which the amount of new overseas contracts signed was RMB 4.91 billion, an increase of 3.2% over the same period last year.
4. Zhongan Online: The total amount of original insurance premium income in the first 2 months was about 4,543 billion yuan, an increase of 15.89% over the previous year
$ZA ONLINE (06060.HK)$According to the announcement, the total amount of original insurance premium income received by the company from January 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024 was approximately RMB 4,543 billion, an increase of 15.89% over the previous year.
Financial data
$AIA (01299.HK)$: 2023 net profit of US$3.764 billion, up 13% year over year
$SAMSONITE (01910.HK)$: 2023 net profit of $417 million, up 33.3% year over year
$YUE YUEN IND (00551.HK)$: 2023 revenue of US$7.89 billion, down 12% year over year
Important matters
$BAIC MOTOR (01958.HK)$Entering into a potential entrustment arrangement with BAIC Group
$CHINA EAST AIR (00670.HK)$: “21 China Eastern Airlines 02” will pay dividends on March 12
Operational data
$MCC (01618.HK)$: The amount of new contracts signed in the first 2 months was 195.41 billion yuan, an increase of 0.4% over the previous year
$ZA ONLINE (06060.HK)$: The total income from original insurance premiums in the first two months was about 4,543 billion yuan, an increase of 15.89% over the previous year
$CGN NEW ENERGY (01811.HK)$: In February, 1452.5 gigawatt-hours of power generation was completed, an increase of 10.4% over the previous year
Equity incentives
$STANCHART (02888.HK)$A total of 2,315,000 share awards were awarded
$GENSCRIPT BIO (01548.HK)$Grant of 444,600 restricted shares
$BEIGENE (06160.HK)$: A total of 78,600 American Depositary Shares were purchased by 3,410 participants in accordance with employee stock purchase plans
Repurchase cancellation
$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$3.95 million shares were repurchased at HK$231 million on March 12
$YUM CHINA (09987.HK)$On March 12, it cost HK$34.15 million to buy back 101,000 shares
$HAIER SMARTHOME (06690.HK)$On March 13, it spent 16.9 million yuan to buy back 700,000 A-shares
$SWIRE PACIFIC A (00019.HK)$On March 13, it cost HK$14.585 million to buy back 221,500 shares
$BEKE-W (02423.HK)$Cancellation of 21.696 million shares repurchased
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