,Asia’s biggest refiner, posted 2008 profit that beat estimatesand said first-quarter earnings will surge more than 50 percentafter fuel-price controls were relaxed and oil costs fell.
Net income fell 47 percent to 29.8 billion yuan ($4.36billion) last year, the Beijing-based company, known as Sinopec,said in a statement in Hong Kong today. The median estimate of21 analysts was for a profit of 25 billion. Sales rose 21percent to 1.42 trillion yuan. Profit is set to rise after the government assured refinersa profit and crude oil futures in New York slumped 64 percentfrom a July record. The new mechanism for setting gasoline anddiesel prices will end “years of losses” at refineries,Sinopec, supplier of 80 percent of China’s fuel, said today.
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Net income fell 47 percent to 29.8 billion yuan ($4.36billion) last year, the Beijing-based company, known as Sinopec,said in a statement in Hong Kong today. The median estimate of21 analysts was for a profit of 25 billion. Sales rose 21percent to 1.42 trillion yuan. Profit is set to rise after the government assured refinersa profit and crude oil futures in New York slumped 64 percentfrom a July record. The new mechanism for setting gasoline anddiesel prices will end “years of losses” at refineries,Sinopec, supplier of 80 percent of China’s fuel, said today.
Full Story: Sinopec 2008 Net Profit Falls 47% on Fuel Price Curbs - Bloomberg
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