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title: "Market Insight | Prudential drops more than 3%, first-half net profit year-on-year decline of 87.3%, interim dividend increased to 6.84 cents"
description: "Prudential dropped more than 3%, as of the time of publication, it fell by 3.02% to HKD 67.55, with a turnover of HKD 1.2663 million. On the news front, Prudential announced its semi-annual performanc"
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published_at: "2024-08-28T06:22:03.000Z"
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# Market Insight | Prudential drops more than 3%, first-half net profit year-on-year decline of 87.3%, interim dividend increased to 6.84 cents

> Prudential dropped more than 3%, as of the time of publication, it fell by 3.02% to HKD 67.55, with a turnover of HKD 1.2663 million. On the news front, Prudential announced its semi-annual performance for the 6 months ending June 30, 2024, recording a shareholder's attributable net profit of USD 120 million, a year-on-year decrease of 87.3%. Based on a fixed exchange rate basis, new business profit was USD 1.468 billion, up 1% year-on-year; excluding the impact of interest rates and other economic factors, it increased by 8%. Adjusted operating surplus was USD 1.544 billion, up 9% year-on-year. Earnings per share were 4.4 cents. Interim dividend of 6.84 cents, compared to 6.26 cents in the same period last year

According to the information from the Wise Finance APP, Prudential (02378) fell more than 3%, as of the time of publication, it fell by 3.02% to HKD 67.55, with a turnover of HKD 1.2663 million.

On the news front, Prudential announced its interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2024, recording a shareholder's attributable net profit of USD 120 million, a year-on-year decrease of 87.3%. New business profit was USD 1.468 billion based on a fixed exchange rate, up 1% year-on-year; excluding the impact of interest rates and other economic factors, it increased by 8%. Adjusted operating surplus was USD 1.544 billion based on a fixed exchange rate, up 9% year-on-year. Earnings per share were 4.4 cents. An interim dividend of 6.84 cents was declared, compared to 6.26 cents in the same period last year

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