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29/01/2016 10:06 AST
Slowing global demand for smartphones as well as memory chips dealt a blow to Samsung Electronics as it reported yesterday a 40% on-year drop in fourth-quarter net profit.
The world’s top handset maker continued to be squeezed at both ends of the lucrative smartphone market with high-end competition from arch-rival Apple matched by cheaper players like China’s Huawei and Xiaomi.
Net profit for October to December stood at 3.22tn won ($2.7bn), below analyst expectations and down 39.7% from a year ago, the company said in a statement.
Operating profit rose 16.1% on-year to 6.1tn won, in line with its earlier estimate.
Samsung lost more than $8.0bn in market value in 2015, with its flagship smartphone business struggling to hold market share.
Sales of the Galaxy S6 — the latest edition of Samsung’s top-of-the-range handset, launched in April — failed to generate much excitement among consumers.
But Samsung was not alone in being forced to come to terms with a slowing market.
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Ticker | Price | Volume |
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SABIC | 114.77 | 5,915,941 |
SAMBA | 26.98 | 1,138,683 |
DARALARKAN | 13.47 | 74,648,349 |
Index | Closing | Change |
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NIKKEI 225 | 21,292.29 | -96.29 (-0.45 |
DAX | 12,002.45 | -94.28 (-0.77 |
S&P 500 | 2,614.45 | 32.57 (1.26 |
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