Hankook & Company Q3 net income up 16.7 pct to 72.3 bln won

Hankook & Company-Q3 earnings

Hankook & Company Q3 net income up 16.7 pct to 72.3 bln won

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- Hankook & Company Co. on Thursday reported its third-quarter net profit of 72.3 billion won (US$50.7 million), up 16.7 percent from a year earlier.

The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the July-September period rose 12.2 percent on-year to 74.8 billion won. Sales increased 15.4 percent to 281.1 billion won.

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