Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/17
By: Jeffrey Wu
Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Taiwan-listed companies, excluding financial holdings firms,
The companies’ pre-tax profits totaled a combined NT$902.4 billion (US$11.6 billion) in the first six months of 2015, compared with NT$762 billion recorded a year earlier. Their January-June revenue grew by 0.98 percent year-on-year to NT$12.35 trillion, the TWSE said in a statement.
Among the 785 companies listed in Taiwan, 596 reported profits in the first half of this year, which shows continued profitability among locally listed firms, the TWSE said. The 785 Taiwan-listed companies had an average earnings per share (EPS) of NT$0.94.